THUG LIFE #1 | Gabbar Singh

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@thebranchmedia.org. 

Over the last decade, India has been home to a slew of unexpected, scandalous and devastating suicides with sinister back stories. These suicides, those of Jiya Khan, Pratyusha Banjerjee, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tunisha Sharma and more, weren’t just stories of people who gave up on ...  Show more

In October 2006, authorities at Delhi's Tihar Jail, known as the city's most fortified and secured prison, would be shocked as they uncovered a mutilated and lifeless body dumped at Gate Number 3. What followed, would be a harrowing investigation as police began unravelling th ...

In October 2006, authorities at Delhi's Tihar Jail, known as the city's most fortified and secured prison, would be shocked as they uncovered a mutilated and lifeless body dumped at Gate Number 3. What followed, would be a harrowing investigation as police began unravelling th ...

How did a 16-year-old girl’s murder become colonial Bengal’s biggest scandal? Listen to 'Forgotten Crimes: Murder in Bengal' to find out. This podcast is voiced by Sayani Gupta. 

Dutch crime reporter Peter R. De Vries died in hospital yesterday, a week after he was shot on a busy Amsterdam street in an attack which has drawn outrage across Europe.

As his family and friends mourn his loss, police are focusing on the advisory role he was playing t ...  Show more