A new crime drama revisiting the 1978 murders of siblings Geeta and Sanjay Chopra has renewed public interest in the killers known as Ranga and Billa, whose names became shorthand for predatory violence in Delhi.
The case began when the children failed to return from a routine outing and were later found sexually assaulted and stabbed in a forested stretch of the capital.
Police arrested Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga and Jasbir Singh alias Billa after a nationwide manhunt that gripped newspapers during an era of fewer forensic tools.
Their eventual hanging in 1982 marked among the last high-profile executions carried out before India’s death-penalty jurisprudence tightened appeal pathways.
Filmmakers consulted retired detectives who described how public outrage accelerated legislative debate on juvenile justice after one convict initially claimed minority age.
Criminologists say the story endures because it fused middle-class parental fears with a rare swift conclusion in a system often criticized for delays.
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