The Desi Crime Podcast

Chai & Chithi 17

To listen to the full episode, head on over to our new podcast, The Bhootbusters Podcast, to get your weekly dose of Chai & Chithi: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TlBzoTNUOSsd0HEE8FJYQ?si=10a5042ab0fd4de8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chai-chithi-17-the-desi-horror-podcast/id1728625464?i=1000648565087Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/episodes/595de227-6d40-4631-8e49-31fcc7f8c99f/the-bhootbusters-podcast-creepy-nurse-horror-story-chai-chithi-17Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading: 1. The Tonhi2. The Gatekeeper 3. Manjulika 4. The Red SwiftTo send us your scary stories to read, write to us at staydesi [at] thedesistudios [dot] com. For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinTo buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studiosLove our faces? Head over to YouTube to view our content in video format: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=sJTzUuw6MrQQhhDdFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/bhootbusters/Aryaanhttps://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwaryahttps://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

105. Deadly Dosas: The Saravana Bhavan Murder

With 33 locations in India and 72 across the world, this Saravana Bhawan has set the benchmark for India’s culinary offerings. But hidden inside Sarvanna Bhawan’s dosa isn’t just a delicious potato mix, but a mysterious ingredient that took years to unfurl. An ingredient that had captured the state of Tamil Nadu, jolting its capital city of Chennai to a halt. That secret ingredient was murder. This is the story of the man who built a dosa empire that feeds millions across the world, and his ultimate downfall. This is the story of the Deadly Dosa King, P. Rajagopal.For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/join

The TRUTH about Indrani Mukherjee that Netflix Wouldn’t Tell

[RECAST EPISODE] This episode was uploaded last year, but in light of the recent documentary, we are releasing it as an extra episode that sheds light on the aspects of the case that the documentary did not.

104. Why this nun’s MURDER was UNSOLVED for 28 years? - Sister Abhaya

Justice delayed is justice denied. This is a phrase embedded within the very being of every judicial system in the world. Or, at least it should be. Yet the essence of this phrase is sometimes hard to live by. Sometimes comes before us a case so shocking yet so convoluted that not years but decades pass by without a shred of justice. Such is the case of a 21 year old nun from Kerala. A woman whose brutal death in 1992 remained unsolved till December of 2020. This is the story of Sister Abhaya. Buy Our Crazy Desi Merch: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studiosFor extra episodes, bloopers, early access etc, join the Desi Family at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinFor updates, bts, case summaries, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaanhttps://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwaryahttps://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

103. The Gavit Sister Serial Killers: India’s Most Evil Duo

Take a second and think about your mom. You probably smiled a little just now. Everyone’s mom is their life’s singlehanded superhero. Countless pieces of song, film and poetry have been dedicated to moms; it’s a relationship like no other and all dads seem to know they come a close second. So what happens when that very same mom, the one you’d take or fire a bullet for, spirals down into a path of sinister crime, and decides to take you along with her? This is the story of one such mother whose life of crime and lack of remorse turned her 2 daughters into the most infamous criminals the country had ever seen. This is the story of the Gavit Sisters. For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at:  https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinTo buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studiosFor fastest updates, follow our InstagramWant our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTubeLove horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple, Spotify, Amazon

102. The Aarushi Talwar Case: Noida’s Infamous Double Murder

Home is supposed to be your safe haven; your bed, the thing you crave coming back to at the end of a long day. Your parents, the people you’d take or fire a bullet for. Between the four walls of a home and around the people you love, exists most of your life. That was all true for 13 year old Aarushi. Little did she know, though, on the night of 15th May, in that very home, those very people were about to conspire to commit murder…her murder. And they were going to succeed, making sure she never saw the light of another day. This is the story of what really went down inside house L-32 in Sector 25, Noida on the night of 15th May 2008. This is the story of Aarushi Talwar. For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinTo buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studiosFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube:https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tULove horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast:Applehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQAmazonhttps://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcastAryaanhttps://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwaryahttps://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

Chai & Chithi 16

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Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading: 
The Twin Brother
Room 502
It Watches by the Window 
Come Hither
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101. Did India’s First Crime Show Host Kill his Wife? • Suhaib Ilyasi Murder Saga

This is the story of the man who created India’s first crime show: every week he was on television screens around the nation narrating the exploits of the most devious criminals of the time, until January 10, 2000, when he found himself at the center of a criminal investigation. The difference was, he was no longer researching or hosting this case, but instead living it – in the eyes of the police, the man that covers murder for a living, had just covered up the murder of his own wife. This is the story of how the host of India’s Most Wanted, became one of the most Wanted Men in india. This is the story of Suhaib Ilyasi.  
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Sources:
Suhaib Ilyasi vs State on 5 October, 2018
Section 498A in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 304B in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 201 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
No longer India’s Most Wanted: The rise and fall of Suhaib Ilyasi
Suhaib Ilyasi - Wikipedia
Suhaib Ilyasi Court Says TV Host Betrayed Not Just His Wife\'s Faith But Public Too
Suhaib Ilyasi v. State.. | Delhi High Court | Judgment | Law | CaseMine
Rukma Singh And Another v. Suhaib Ilyasi. | Delhi High Court | Judgment | Law | CaseMine
Life Sentence To \"Most Wanted\" Host Suhaib Ilyasi For Murdering Wife - YouTube
Ex-TV Anchor Suhaib Ilyasi Acquitted By Delhi High Court In Wife\'s Murder - YouTube
Suhaib Ilyasi Of ‘India’s Most Wanted’ Fame Found Guilty Of Wife’s Murder - YouTube
Former TV producer Suhaib Ilyasi sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of his wife - YouTube
Court to announce quantum of sentence for India\'s Most Wanted anchor Suhaib Ilyasi - YouTube
Crime show ‘India’s Most Wanted’ anchor Suhaib Ilyasi gets life imprisonment - YouTube
Former TV Anchor Suhaib Ilyasi Acquitted By Delhi High Court In Wife\'s Murder Case | ABP News - YouTube
Sansani: Know all about India\'s Most Wanted anchor Suhaib Ilyasi\'s case - YouTube
India\'s Most Wanted - Doordarshan National (DD1) - video Dailymotion

100. Did India Hang an Innocent Man? Dhananjoy Chatterjee - India

Where do you feel the safest in the world? For most of us, the safest place on Earth will be within the four corners of our home. It is the certainty of intimately knowing your surroundings, with its many variables, that makes us feel safe at home. I know that the ringing of the doorbell at 10 PM is the guard asking me to move my car, or tapping sounds are from a pipe I have procrastinated to get fixed. The chances of something going wrong in my own home is minimal, almost impossible. That’s why when Yashomati Parekh left her daughter home alone in Kolkata, she wasn’t expecting to return to a scene that changed the city forever. This is the story behind India’s first execution post Independence. This is the story of Hetal Parekh.
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Writer: Harsh Jain
Sources
https://www.india-hanged-innocent.org/court - all court documents.
https://pudr.org/sites/default/files/2019-01/Dhananjay_Report.pdff - PUDR report on the Dhananjoy Chaterjee case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJ5q9I7HxY - P39A podcast with Prof. Probal Chaudhari who reinvestigated the Dhananjoy Chaterjee case and published a book based on his findings. 
https://www.thequint.com/opinion/dhananjoy-chatterjee-rape-murder-case-14-years-innocent-or-guilty - Quint article on the case.
https://www.india-hanged-innocent.org/articles - collection of news articles on the Dhananjoy Chaterjee case. 
https://scroll.in/article/741784/how-india-hanged-a-poor-watchman-whose-guilt-was-far-from-established - Scroll article on the case. 
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/rapist-murderer-dhananjoys-story-comes-screen-look-case-shook-india-64644 - News Minute article on the casse 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfkWAY-82gA&t=5s - ‘The Right to Live’ documentary. 
https://india-hanged-innocent.org/how - summary of the findings by Profs. Probal Chaudhari and Debasis Sengupta.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/wife-adds-tears-to-buddha-s-hang-him-cry-meera-bhattacharjee-joins-campaign-to-ensure-condemned-rapist-gets-what-he-deserves/cid/737798 - The Telegraph article on the case.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/homage-with-favourite-hymn/cid/721840# - another Telegraph article on the case.