The Desi Crime Podcast

80. Chai & Chithi 9

Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences.
Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@lostdebate.com

79. Nirbhaya: The Story of Jyoti Singh - India

Did you know woman is raped every 16 minutes in India? That adds up to 90 rapes a day, 630 rapes in a week and 2,700 rapes in a month. These are the official government figures from the year 2019. But most of these rapes never make it to the front page of your newspapers or the screens of your TV; they get lost among thousand other news pieces. But occasionally comes across a case that shocks a country to its core; a case that brings millions to the street in a fight for justice. In 2012, we all heard of a rape like that. This is the story of how India’s daughter was raped in the country’s capital and left to die; this is the story of Jyoti Singh. 
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/murder-charges-filed-against-5-men-in-india-gang-rape.html
https://www.india.com/news/india/nirbhaya-gangrape-case-juvenile-convict-mohammad-afroz-was-working-as-cook-with-different-identity-2103108/
https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/outrage-in-delhi-after-latest-gang-rape-case/
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-gang-rape-chronology-of-events/article11862316.ece
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51969961
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-gangrape-main-accused-ram-singh-found-hanging/article4496333.ece
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21737748
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bbc-airs-nirbhaya-documentary-indias-daughter-in-uk-744394
https://www.firstpost.com/india/delhi-gangrape-victim-regains-consciousness-next-48-hours-critical-561535.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rape-survivor-airlift-was-govt-not-medical-decision/article4246109.ece
https://web.archive.org/web/20121231003459/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Delhi-gang-rape-victim-writes-on-a-piece-of-paper-Mother-I-want-to-live/Article1-976798.aspx
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.9ab7d111-a385-2567-e270-5f742966c264?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb

78. The Brutal Murder of Laila Khan - India

Every film industry seems to have a dark underbelly. It seems to have countless unexplained murders, mysterious disappearances and ties to high profile criminal activity. Bollywood is the same way. From Sri Devi to Jia Khan, from Pratyusha Banerjee to Raj Kiran, crime seems to seep through our industry, leaving behind death and devastation. This is the story of one such crime that shook Bollywood, the story of a family, massacred. This is the story of Laila Khan. 
Sources
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/laila-khan-murder-a-family-vacation-that-turned-tragic/article3627801.ece
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/laila-khan-murders-mother-of-all-mysteries/story-62kd79osXNTQzG4XVBbzQI.html
https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/bollywood-actor-laila-khan-murder-mystery-solved-108184-2012-07-04
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/glam-sham/laila-khan-kidnapped-684
https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/tak-arrested-says-laila-family-may-have-escaped-in-dubai/
https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/pervez-tak-confesses-to-killing-laila-khan-5-family-members-police-238951
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/laila-s-mother-woman-of-many-affairs-killed-first-tak-to-cops/972857/0
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/laila-khan-case-actress-family-killed-with-iron-rods-after-bbq-party-492150
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/laila-s-mother-woman-of-many-affairs-killed-first-tak-to-cops/972857/
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/laila-khan-murder-trial-accused-wanted-to-push-sisters-into-prostitution-says-step-father/story-wOo9i4rYh5AHQx7e10cw9O.html
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/laila-khan-case-court-rejects-accuseds-plea-for-trial-before-same-judge-7359267/
https://youtu.be/nzyfee1qDfA
https://news.abplive.com/news/india/watch-mystery-behind-murder-of-starlet-laila-khan-her-family-unfolded-587123
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/six-bodies-found-laila-case-closed/articleshow/16223780.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/laila-khan-murder-case-court-commission-to-record-father-s-evidence/story-qskclqt389RbA2lmSVIREP.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172518/Laila-Khan-Police-recover-skeletons-Indian-farmhouse-missing-Bollywood-star-family.html

77. Latifa: The Missing Princess (Pt.2) - UAE/India

Latifa was onboard a 100 ft yacht Nostromo. The ship had set sail from Muscat in Oman on February 24, 2018. The objective was to transport princess Latifa and her friend Tina to the shores of Goa, a coastal town in India. But although the seafaring voyage was meant to last a few weeks, Latifa’s journey had started long before; in fact decades before. This was merely the final leg of a lifelong plot to escape her fathers fangs. What was this ‘very very bad’ situation that Latifa had found herself in, and did Latifa manage to escape or did her father’s clasp finally catch up with her. Find out, in part 2 of Latifa: The Missing Princess of Dubai.
Exclusive YouTube episode, Chamari Liyanage: https://youtu.be/hk0-FuqgRNI
Latifa Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN7OEFyNUkQ
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrgzG_SGU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVkCtJGVnpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kb6Ne21Xa8
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dubai-rulers-daughter-sheikha-latifa-used-car-dinghy-rode-jet-ski-in-failed-escape-2191012
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085734
https://freelatifa.com/latifas-escape/
https://freelatifa.com/proof/
https://freelatifa.com/about-latiifa/
https://freelatifa.com/evidence/
https://freelatifa.com/about-shamsa/
https://freelatifa.com/gallery/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/middleeast/dubai-princess-alive.html
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3168182/what-happened-dubais-runaway-princess-sheikha-latifa-uae
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/08/princess-latifa-what-we-know-fbis-role-her-capture/7889659002/
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/princess-latifa-dubai-jail-villa-uae-ruler-7193428/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085369
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-princess-latifa-lawsuit-dubai-emir-interpol-head
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dubai-tricked-the-fbi-into-finding-runaway-princess-latifa-report-says
https://ia600105.us.archive.org/16/items/FreeLatifa/latifa_1_31375892_2084819728470139_9001930614064021504_n.jpg
https://player.fm/series/series-1789846/the-plight-of-princess-latifa-427
https://web.archive.org/web/20180410073805/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/former-spy-wants-fbi-to-investigate-raid-to-snatch-dubai-princess/19302176
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/middleeast/human-rights-robinson-dubai-princess.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubais-latifa-is-free-travel-statement-issued-through-lawyers-says-2021-06-23/
https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mystery-drama-on-the-high-seas-a-princess--a-spy-and-an-escape-plan-gone-wrong-19236158

76. Chai & Chithi 8

Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences.
Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@lostdebate.com

75. Latifa: The Missing Princess - UAE/India

This is the story of Dubai’s missing royal; this is the story of Princess Latifa.
The best way to break a spell of awkward silence with your friends, is to ask this simple question: what would you give up for a billion dollars? That’s billion with a ‘b’. And this question takes many forms: would you give up your arms, or your legs, or vision or your relationship, and the toughest of them all, would you give up your dog for a billion dollars? This is a simple rhetorical tool to instill thoughtful humorous banter with your buddies, but what happens when a rhetorical tool is no longer a game? What happens when this question becomes a very real dilemma in somebody’s life?
A princess in Dubai faced this dilemma. Not posed by her friends, but by her very life’s circumstances. The question was: would you give up your freedom for a billion dollars?
Exclusive YouTube episode, Chamari Liyanage: https://youtu.be/hk0-FuqgRNI
Latifa Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN7OEFyNUkQ
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrgzG_SGU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVkCtJGVnpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kb6Ne21Xa8
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dubai-rulers-daughter-sheikha-latifa-used-car-dinghy-rode-jet-ski-in-failed-escape-2191012
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085734
https://freelatifa.com/latifas-escape/
https://freelatifa.com/proof/
https://freelatifa.com/about-latiifa/
https://freelatifa.com/evidence/
https://freelatifa.com/about-shamsa/
https://freelatifa.com/gallery/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/middleeast/dubai-princess-alive.html
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3168182/what-happened-dubais-runaway-princess-sheikha-latifa-uae
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/08/princess-latifa-what-we-know-fbis-role-her-capture/7889659002/
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/princess-latifa-dubai-jail-villa-uae-ruler-7193428/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085369
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-princess-latifa-lawsuit-dubai-emir-interpol-head
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dubai-tricked-the-fbi-into-finding-runaway-princess-latifa-report-says
https://ia600105.us.archive.org/16/items/FreeLatifa/latifa_1_31375892_2084819728470139_9001930614064021504_n.jpg
https://player.fm/series/series-1789846/the-plight-of-princess-latifa-427
https://web.archive.org/web/20180410073805/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/former-spy-wants-fbi-to-investigate-raid-to-snatch-dubai-princess/19302176
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/middleeast/human-rights-robinson-dubai-princess.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubais-latifa-is-free-travel-statement-issued-through-lawyers-says-2021-06-23/

EXCLUSIVE: The Tragic Life of Chamari Liyanage - Sri Lanka

To watch this video, go to Desi Crime\'s YouTube channel: link to video https://youtu.be/hk0-FuqgRNI
Murder cases on Desi Crime usually have a clear perpetrator and a clear victim. But sometimes crimes are not so cut-and-dry. Some cases can flip our perceptions of what is wrong and what is right; what is good and what is evil. The story of Chamari Liyanage dabbles in that gray-area. It\'s a story of a woman; abused, tormented, and emotionally tortured until one day … she snaps. But the strange part is, she doesn\'t quite remember how it happened.

74. The Sheena Bora Murder (Pt.2) - India

In Part I of the Sheena Bora Murder, we told you the story of a seemingly broken family the wounds of which had led to murder. A famous Mumbai police cop had received a tip of a missing woman, a body had been buried and the name of a murderer had emerged. We had successfully covered the who-dun-it part of this mystery. Today, we’re covering the why-dun-it. Welcome to part II of the Sheena Bora Murder. 
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Sheena-Bora-Case-MANISH-PACHOULY/dp/9351941418
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/revealed-sheena-boras-emails-before-and-after-death/articleshow/49909859.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/27/sheena-bora-was-strangulated-to-death-says-aiims-forensic-expert-2095251.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sheena-bora-murder-case-a-timeline-of-twists-and-turns-101652863077359.html
https://youtu.be/L4slXi4SHEU
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indrani-mukerjea-walks-out-of-jail-says-forgiven-all/articleshow/91699592.cms
https://youtu.be/E6U5EcENnng
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/peter-mukerjea-released-from-jail-after-four-years/articleshow/74737236.cms?from=mdr
https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/sheena-bora-murder-case-mikhail-bora-testifies-against-indrani-says-she-blackmailed-him-1295270-2018-07-24

73. Chai & Chithi 7 + Aryaan’s Family Story

Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences.
This one has a story which Aryaan considers a family heirloom!!!
Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@lostdebate.com
Story link: https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/guwahati/story/two-children-drown-falling-deep-ditch-guwahati-kamrup-1956028-2022-05-30

72. The Sheena Bora Murder Case - India

A commonality across all families is struggle, hard times, broken relationships, and dirty laundry we keep to ourselves. Regardless, we love our families. Whether it’s those horrible teenage years where you can’t stop arguing with your parents or whether you were blessed with a sibling completely your opposite or whether your mother hates her mother-in-law, these problems are common and universal across time and culture. But some families have secrets deeper and darker than these. Some families have secrets that leave lives destroyed. Families that give credence to the saying, “with a family like this, who needs enemies?”. This is the story of one such family- the Bora family. This is the Sheena Bora murder case.
Sources:
Audio Taken from Indian Express: This is publicly available information used under FAIR USE. According to the CBI, “All the tapes being played on certain channels on the Sheena Bora murder case have been taken into account during the CBI investigation.\" 
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/peak-mango-season-of-2012-helped-discover-sheenas-body/articleshow/48746947.cms
https://www.india.com/news/india/sheena-bora-case-meet-inspector-dinesh-kadam-who-unlocked-the-mystery-and-nab-indrani-mukerjea-sanjeev-khanna-and-shyam-rai-526422/
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/planted-tight-slap-on-sanjay-dutt-face-cried-like-a-child-rakesh-maria-1993-bomb-blast-case-7966656/
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rakesh-maria-mumbai-police-commissioner-transfer-sheena-bora-murder-case-new-book-revelations-1647368-2020-02-17
https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/indrani-foiled-familys-attempts-to-file-missing-complaint-for-sheena-1211478
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/the-cbi-story-how-and-why-sheena-bora-was-killed/20151121.htm
https://youtu.be/L4slXi4SHEU
https://youtu.be/3NO1LdqCBUc
https://www.amazon.in/Sheena-Bora-Case-Manish-Pachouly/dp/9351941418
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/heres-what-we-know-about-the-whos-who-in-the-sheena-bora-murde_n_8047866
https://web.archive.org/web/20150830012317/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sheena-bora-killed-in-mumbai-bylane-strangled-soon-after-pick-up/article1-1385629.aspx