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 "excerpt": "Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (इंडियन प्रीडेटर: दिल्ली का कसाई) is a 2022 Netflix Hindi true crime docuseries, directed by Ayesha Sood, about serial killer Chandrakant Jha; first of the Indian Predator franchise, three episodes, premiered 20 July 2022.",
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 "markdown": "# Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi\n\n**Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi** (इंडियन प्रीडेटर: दिल्ली का कसाई) is a 2022 Indian true crime documentary series on Netflix that revisits the case of Chandrakant Jha, a migrant worker convicted of murdering and dismembering men in Delhi and leaving their body parts outside a jail with taunting notes addressed to the police. Directed by Ayesha Sood and produced by VICE India, it premiered on July 20, 2022, and is the first installment of Netflix's Indian Predator series about Indian serial killers.<sup>[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://scroll.in/article/1028158/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Three-episode Hindi-language true crime documentary series; episodes titled Tohfe, Tasveer, and Tukre<sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup> |\n| Premiere | July 20, 2022, exclusively on Netflix<sup>[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup> |\n| Director / production | Ayesha Sood; VICE India production, with India Today also credited as a production house<sup>[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/indian-predator-butcher-delhi-trailer-netflix-release-date-cast-series-director-ayesha-sood-3107372)</sup> |\n| Subject | Chandrakant Jha, convicted in 2013 for three murders committed in Delhi between 2003 and 2007<sup>[2](https://scroll.in/article/1028158/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)</sup> |\n| Ratings | Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer 60% (10 reviews) and Popcornmeter 20%; IMDb 6.1<sup>[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/indian_predator_the_butcher_of_delhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup> |\n| Age rating / runtime | TV-MA (rated A in India); roughly 42 to 43 minutes per episode<sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63109/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup> |\n| Franchise position | First of the Indian Predator titles, followed by The Diary of a Serial Killer (September 2022), Murder in a Courtroom, and Beast of Bangalore<sup>[2](https://scroll.in/article/1028158/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4481/Annual%20Report/AR-23.pdf)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### The case it covers\n\nThe series opens with the 2006 discovery of a beheaded body left outside a Delhi jail, accompanied by a note challenging the police to catch the killer. The victim was not the killer's first, and the show traces the [Delhi Police](https://www.edgepedia.org/delhi-police) investigation, the arrest of Chandrakant Jha, and the effort to understand his motives.<sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup>\n\nJha was convicted in 2013 for three murders committed in the capital between 2003 and 2007. There was no evidence to convict him in at least four more killings, and the documentary suggests he could have been responsible for additional deaths. He dismembered his victims and scattered their body parts around the city, using them to taunt the police over what he saw as their inefficiency.<sup>[2](https://scroll.in/article/1028158/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/indian-predator-relies-only-on-sheer-drama-and-gore-1130305.html)</sup>\n\n### Franchise and availability\n\nThe Butcher of Delhi was the first of three parts announced under the Indian Predator banner; when the project was first announced in March 2022, four directors were attached, with Sood directing this installment. The follow-up, [Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer](https://www.edgepedia.org/indian-predator-the-diary-of-a-serial-killer), premiered on Netflix in September 2022 and helped establish India Today Originals as a documentary content hub.<sup>[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/indian-predator-butcher-delhi-trailer-netflix-release-date-cast-series-director-ayesha-sood-3107372)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4481/Annual%20Report/AR-23.pdf)</sup> Later franchise entries include Murder in a Courtroom and Beast of Bangalore.<sup>[7](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63109/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup>\n\nThe series streams on Netflix with a subscription in India and other markets, with no free ad-supported option. Audio tracks include Hindi (original), English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu, with subtitles in English and Hindi among others.<sup>[6](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup> Netflix and TVmaze list the season as three episodes, while JustWatch's listing shows four episodes for Season 1, a discrepancy between the two databases.<sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63109/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup>\n\n## Production and approach\n\nDirector Ayesha Sood, a documentary filmmaker, said she chose the case through a process of elimination among many candidates and described Jha as an invisible man who preyed on people living on the margins of society. For the show, she interviewed Delhi Police officers who investigated the case, journalists who covered it, the families of victims, and residents of Jha's village, Ghosai.<sup>[10](https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/lifestyle/director-ayesha-sood-on-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi/cid/1876278)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[11](https://theprint.in/feature/ayesha-sood-on-her-docu-series-indian-predator-it-was-an-audacious-crime-but-we-never-heard-of-it/1063169/)</sup> Sood called it a case that \"should have rocked the country but was missed.\"<sup>[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)</sup>\n\nThe three episodes move across perspectives: Tohfe covers the 2006 discovery and the killer's challenge to police; Tasveer follows interrogations in which Chandrakant recounts his fraught history with the police while investigators search for conclusive evidence; Tukre presents accounts and photographs from Ghosai residents and expert discussion of the case's mental health and social implications.<sup>[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nCritical response was mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds a 60% Tomatometer from 10 reviews against a 20% Popcornmeter score from fewer than 50 audience ratings.<sup>[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/indian_predator_the_butcher_of_delhi)</sup> Rahul Desai of Film Companion called it a rare documentary that conveys information only to expose the viewer's relationship with that information, while Rohan Naahar of The Indian Express gave it 3.5 out of 5 and praised its blending of expert commentary with socio-political context. Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu criticized it for clutching to the brutality of the crime without digging beyond the surface.<sup>[12](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/indian_predator_the_butcher_of_delhi/s01)</sup> The Deccan Herald review found the series engaging in parts but reliant on the savagery of the crimes rather than an exploration of the killer's psyche, and noted that Jha's accusations of prison torture were largely sidestepped.<sup>[9](https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/indian-predator-relies-only-on-sheer-drama-and-gore-1130305.html)</sup> The Quint's review similarly argued that the accused's allegations of custodial torture, given as his reason for wanting to humiliate the police, were left hanging without discussion of police reform.<sup>[13](https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/review-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi-is-derailed-by-its-approach)</sup>\n\n[Audience measurement](https://www.edgepedia.org/audience-measurement) placed the series among the stronger Indian true crime documentaries: the Ormax Power Rating, a 0-100 measure of audience likeability, scored it 56, compared with 57 for Crime Stories: India Detectives, and an Ormax analysis highlighted its method of mapping the scale of the crime by tracing similar murders across several years.<sup>[14](https://www.ormaxmedia.com/insights/stories/download-file.php?key=bundy-to-burari-adapting-true-crime-documentaries-to-the-indian-context&type=pdf)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Netflix Drops The Spine Chilling Trailer Of 'Indian Predator: The Butcher Of Delhi', About Netflix (29 June 2022)](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-drops-the-spine-chilling-trailer-of-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)\n2. [Nandini Ramnath (20 July 2022). 'Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi' review: A sensationalised recreation of a gruesome crime. Scroll.in.](https://scroll.in/article/1028158/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)\n3. [Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi, Netflix official site](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81252894?preventIntent=true)\n4. [Indian Predator The Butcher of Delhi Trailer: Netflix's Latest Crime Docu-Series. Gadgets 360.](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/indian-predator-butcher-delhi-trailer-netflix-release-date-cast-series-director-ayesha-sood-3107372)\n5. [Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/indian_predator_the_butcher_of_delhi)\n6. [Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi, JustWatch (India)](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)\n7. [Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63109/indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi)\n8. [India Today Network Annual Report 2022-23](https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4481/Annual%20Report/AR-23.pdf)\n9. ['Indian Predator' relies only on sheer drama and gore. Deccan Herald (26 July 2022).](https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/indian-predator-relies-only-on-sheer-drama-and-gore-1130305.html)\n10. [Director Ayesha Sood on Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi. Telegraph India.](https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/lifestyle/director-ayesha-sood-on-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi/cid/1876278)\n11. [Ayesha Sood on her docu-series 'Indian Predator'. ThePrint/PTI (31 July 2022).](https://theprint.in/feature/ayesha-sood-on-her-docu-series-indian-predator-it-was-an-audacious-crime-but-we-never-heard-of-it/1063169/)\n12. [Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi: Season 1 critics reviews, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/indian_predator_the_butcher_of_delhi/s01)\n13. [Pratikshya Mishra (20 July 2022). Review: 'Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi' is Derailed by Its Approach. The Quint.](https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/review-indian-predator-the-butcher-of-delhi-is-derailed-by-its-approach)\n14. [Soumya Vats, Swayam Kumar (31 May 2024). Bundy to Burari: Adapting true crime documentaries to the Indian context. Ormax Media.](https://www.ormaxmedia.com/insights/stories/download-file.php?key=bundy-to-burari-adapting-true-crime-documentaries-to-the-indian-context&type=pdf)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series › True crime and investigative docuseries › Premiered 2006 to 2022*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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