31case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 31 solved cases in India. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenRestaurant near Qutub Minar, Mehrauli, New Delhi · 1990s
Model Jessica Lal was shot dead at a crowded Delhi party in 1999; after a controversial 2006 acquittal sparked national outrage, an appeals court convicted Manu Sharma of her murder and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, a sentence upheld by the Supreme Court in 2010.
SOLVEDListenGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India (murder occurred nearby, body found near Khurja) · 2002
Nitish Katara, a 23-year-old Indian business executive, was abducted and killed in the early hours of 17 February 2002 after attending a wedding in Ghaziabad. Courts found the killing was an honour crime, carried out because his relationship with Bharti Yadav was not approved of by her family.
SOLVEDListenDelhi, Mughal Empire (present-day India) · 1757
In early 1757, Durrani Empire forces under Ahmad Shah Durrani occupied Delhi, extorted vast wealth from the Mughal capital's nobility and residents through torture and coercion, and left the city devastated, weakening the Mughal Empire ahead of the British victory at Plassey later that year.
SOLVEDListenDhanmandi, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India · 2022
On 28 June 2022, tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli was murdered in his Udaipur, Rajasthan shop by two men who filmed the attack and posted it online, citing his alleged support for a controversial remark about the Prophet Muhammad as motive.
SOLVEDListenIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 2019
Fathima Latheef, a 19-year-old first-year humanities student at IIT Madras, was found dead in her hostel room on 9 November 2019. Her family alleged she was driven to suicide by religious discrimination and harassment by named professors; investigations by Chennai police, the Central Crime Branch, and later the CBI found no evidence against the professors, with the CBI closing the case attributing her death to homesickness and psychological issues.
SOLVEDListenKanya Ashram, Tumudibandh, Kandhamal district, Odisha, India · 2008
Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Lakshmanananda Saraswati and four disciples were shot dead by an armed group at a girls' ashram in Kandhamal district, Odisha, on 23 August 2008, triggering widespread communal riots targeting Christians. A Maoist faction claimed responsibility, but in 2013 a court convicted seven Pano Catholics for the killings.
SOLVEDListenAoulia-Gopalpur village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India · 2014
A West Bengal police sub-inspector died 50 days after being injured by bomb splinters during a 2014 clash between CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress supporters; all 18 accused were later acquitted after a court criticized the police investigation as lax and incompetent.
SOLVEDListenTikiri, Kashipur Block, Rayagada district, Odisha, India · 2013
A contractual teacher in Tikiri village, Odisha, was set on fire in October 2013 after reporting harassment by a school official; she died days later, and while the official was convicted for conspiracy to murder, the person who actually set her alight was never identified despite a CBI probe.
SOLVEDListenSant Nagar, Burari, India · 2018
Eleven members of the Chandawat family were found dead in their home in Burari, India, on 1 July 2018, in a case police ruled a mass suicide caused by shared psychosis rather than a homicide.
SOLVEDListenRohini Court Complex, North-West Delhi, Delhi, India · 2021
On 24 September 2021, gangster Jitender Mann Gogi was shot dead by two assailants inside a courtroom at the Rohini Court Complex in Delhi; both attackers were then shot dead by police, and the incident triggered widespread criticism of court security.
The files run from 1746 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 9 files. The oldest is Chhota Ghallughara (1746 Massacre of Sikhs), from 1746.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (19), kidnapping and abduction cases (6) and police shooting cases (2).
5 files of the 31 have coverage attached: 10 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 1 creator.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
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These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
31. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Chhota Ghallughara (1746 Massacre of Sikhs), from 1746. Open the file
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Rotten Mango (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
