| Date | 26 August 1978 |
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| Location | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Outcome | Deaths of Sanjay and Geeta Chopra |
| Deaths | 2 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | Murder, common intention, kidnapping, kidnapping with unlawful confinement, kidnapping a woman with intention of sexual intercourse, and kidnapping with intention to cause hurt |
| Sentence | Convicts hanged at Tihar Jail, New Delhi on 31 January 1982 |
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The Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case (also known as the Ranga-Billa case)[1] was a kidnapping and murder crime in New Delhi in 1978.[2] It involved the kidnapping and subsequent murder of siblings Geeta and Sanjay by Kuljeet Singh (alias Ranga Khus) and Jasbir Singh (alias Billa). Although the children were kidnapped for ransom, they were killed after the kidnappers learned that their father was a naval officer, in the assumption that he was not wealthy. Both men initially admitted to raping Geeta before her murder. They later retracted their statements and forensic evidence could not confirm the rape. The two kidnappers were convicted and sentenced to death. The execution was carried out in 1982. Crime Patrol Dial 100 aired two episodes on Sony TV based on the story, 723 and 724 on 28 February 2018 and 1 March 2018. The case was also shown on the TV series Bhanwar, which was based on real-life court cases.