I persuaded him to read the chargesheet and the court’s order in the case before rejecting my suggestion. He thought it was too controversial to handle.
Richie Mehta’s reaction was cautious and circumspect.
#Delhi crime about nirbhaya series
I was keen that the story of our unique experience in dealing with this case be made into a film as a document for posterity. So, I suggested it to the young filmmaker - why not make a film on Nirbhaya?Īlso read: Netflix series ‘Delhi Crime’ wins International Emmy in ‘Best Drama’ category What once seemed to be the undoing of my career’s achievements was now another feather in my cap. We secured the conviction of the accused in a year’s time with the court praising the quality of our investigation in glowing terms. By God’s grace, we succeeded in cracking the case in five days, arresting all six accused and charge sheeting in a record ten days. The public, political and media reaction to the crime was sharp and severe.
But, it was at the fag end of my career as CP-Delhi that I faced the most challenging case involving the horrific gangrape of Jyoti Singh in a moving bus in south Delhi. The cases ranged from the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, Aftab Ansari’s arrest and deportation (the mastermind of the attack on the American Center at Kolkata), Abdul Latif’s arrest (a notorious mafia don of Gujarat), the nabbing of Jagtar Singh Tara (one of the assassins of Punjab CM Sardar Beant Singh), the UTI scam, and so on. I was blessed to have helmed the investigations of important cases involving terror, economic crimes, organised crime and corruption. I had retired a couple of years earlier as the Delhi Commissioner of Police after a 37-year career in the Indian Police Service (IPS), nine of which were in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). I was introduced to a nondescript young Canadian filmmaker called Richie Mehta during an evening dinner at a friend’s place in 2014. Richie said he had made a film in English on time travel and one in Hindi on a Delhi ragpicker. However, very few know how the series was conceived and executed, and my role as former Delhi Police Commissioner in it. Delhi Crime, a popular web-series on Netflix based on the 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ case, won the International Emmy Award in the best drama category. It has made history by bagging the first Emmy for India.