Crime Beat

July 20, 2005… It was a Wednesday. Everest Chitty company owner Ramesh and his relatives were on their way from Karunagappally to Kochi. They were traveling in a newly purchased maroon Tata Safari. When they reached Kanichukulangara in Alappuzha, a speeding lorry coming from the opposite direction rammed into their vehicle. The Tata Safari was completely destroyed. The impact was so severe that...

മരണത്തിന് ഒരു സത്യമുണ്ടെന്ന് എനിക്ക് എപ്പോഴും തോന്നാറുണ്ട്. സത്യത്തിന് ഒരു പ്രത്യേകതയുണ്ട്. അതിന് ഒരുപാടു കാലം മറഞ്ഞിരിക്കാൻ കഴിയില്ല. ആരും അറിയാതെ കൊലപ്പെടുത്തിയ കേസുകളിൽ പോലും വർഷങ്ങൾക്കു ശേഷം പ്രതികൾ പുറത്തു വരാറുണ്ട്. കൊച്ചിയിലെ ഹോമിയോ ഡോക്ടറുടെ കൊലക്കേസ് അത്തരത്തിലൊന്നാണ്. ഒരു ത്രില്ലർ സിനിമ പോലെ ട്വിസ്റ്റും ആന്റി ക്ലൈമാക്സും വരെയുള്ള സംഭവ ബഹുലമായ ഒരു കേസാണ് 2009ൽ റിപ്പോർട്ട് ചെയ്ത ഡോ.ആന്റണി...

On December 29, 2006, the quiet village of Nithari woke up to a nightmare. What started as a search for a missing girl, Payal, led to the horrifying discovery of human remains near a bungalow in Noida. As the nation watched in shock, the Nithari killings unraveled—exposing one of the most gruesome serial crimes in India. In this special Crime Beat podcast series, join Seena Antony as she delves...

Who killed those children?After the Supreme Court acquitted Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher on July 31, 2025, this is the most pressing question surrounding the Nithari massacre. If not Koli and Pandher, then who is behind the murder of 19 innocent lives? How did the remains of missing children and women end up in the compound of Pandher’s bungalow and in the nearby canal? Countless...

In a small village called Nithari, children began disappearing one after another — from a four-year-old to school and college girls — over days and months. Shockingly, no police case was registered at first. Between 2004 and 2006, at least 19 children officially went missing, though reports suggest the real number was higher. Later, the nation was stunned to learn that all of them had been...

In this episode of Crime Beat, we revisit the haunting 2012 Soujanya murder case from Karnataka. A young college student’s brutal rape and murder shocked the state, but the culprits remain unidentified to this day. Why has justice been delayed? What really happened that night?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chilling tale of love, betrayal, and brutal murder — the Naina Sahni case, widely known as the Tandoor Murder Case, shocked the nation in the 1990s. In this episode of Crime Beat, we revisit the horrifying night when Congress youth leader Sushil Sharma killed his wife Naina Sahni and attempted to dispose of her body in a restaurant tandoor. How did political power and personal rage collide in...

In this Crime Beat episode, retired Delhi Police constable Abdun Naseer Kunju recounts how his sharp instincts helped expose the infamous 1995 Tandoor Murder Case in Delhi — the shocking killing and burning of Naina Sahni by Congress youth leader Sushil Sharma. A first-hand memory of a crime that shook the nation. Host: Seena Antony മുപ്പതുവർഷങ്ങൾക്കു മുൻപുള്ള ജൂലൈ. കൃത്യമായി പറഞ്ഞാൽ 1995 ജൂലൈ...

In this shocking Crime Beat episode, we delve into the chilling story of Bavin and Aneesha from Kerala — lovers who secretly became parents twice, only to murder both newborns to keep their relationship hidden. The gruesome details came to light when Bavin, under the influence of alcohol, walked into a police station at midnight carrying the remains of their babies in a bag. What followed was an...

Between 1996 and 2005, Kerala witnessed a series of tragic crimes against children that shook the state. Sebastiyan, known as Chevithiyan, was convicted of abducting, abusing, and murdering toddlers—including the widely known Sharanya case from Pozhiyoor. In this episode of Crime Beat, Retd Dysp P Raghu recalls the investigation that cracked the case and helped to put Sebastian aka Chevithiyan...