Indian OTT has delivered some excellent murder mysteries lately, with stories built around brutal crimes, family secrets, corrupt systems and investigators who refuse to give up. From slow-burn police dramas to courtroom mysteries and psychological thrillers, these 12 titles kept us hooked and eventually won us over.
12 Recent Indian Murder Mysteries (Movies & Shows)
1. Kohrra Season 2 (Netflix)
A woman’s brutal murder in Punjab brings officers Amarpal Garundi and Dhanwant Kaur into a case where almost every relationship hides something. As they examine the victim’s family and the people around her, buried resentment and personal pain make the truth increasingly difficult to separate from suspicion. The slow-burn investigation works because the detectives’ own emotional struggles become almost as complicated as the murder itself.
2. Criminal Justice: A Family Matter (JioHotstar)
A family celebration turns into a nightmare when a nurse is found dead and a man close to the family becomes linked to the crime. Madhav Mishra steps into the case as private tensions, hidden relationships and uncomfortable truths begin changing what everyone thought had happened. The courtroom mystery keeps shifting the line between guilt and innocence with every new revelation.
3. Deva (Netflix)
A rebellious police officer enters an investigation that looks manageable at first but soon leads him towards corruption, betrayal and people hiding their real motives. Every clue makes the case more personal and forces him to question loyalty, justice and his own judgment. The combination of action and mystery keeps the search for the truth tense throughout.
4. Black White Gray: Love Kills (SonyLIV)
A murder investigation begins exposing relationships where love has become tangled with jealousy, betrayal and deception. As different cases and hidden motives come into focus, the people involved become harder to judge as simply innocent or guilty. The psychological thriller turns troubled relationships into the centre of an unsettling crime mystery.
5. Kartavya (Netflix)
A police officer’s career and credibility are shaken when a journalist is killed despite being under his protection. His hunt for answers takes him towards corruption, political influence and powerful people who would rather keep the truth buried, while the danger eventually reaches his own family. The investigation becomes a tense test of how far he can follow his duty when the personal cost keeps rising.
6. Thudarum (JioHotstar)
A taxi driver’s world collapses after corrupt policemen take his car without knowing that his son’s body is hidden inside it. Overwhelmed by grief, he begins moving towards revenge against the people responsible for destroying his life. The thriller turns a deeply personal tragedy into a dark and emotionally charged fight for justice.
7. Paatal Lok Season 2 (Prime Video)
Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary returns for another difficult investigation that takes him deeper into a world shaped by crime, politics and hidden power. The case exposes uncomfortable social divisions and agendas while pushing an already troubled cop into increasingly dangerous territory. Season 2 remains gripping because solving the mystery also means understanding the system surrounding the crime.
8. System (Prime Video)
A major legal case brings an ambitious prosecutor and a sharp courtroom stenographer into the same battle, despite their very different backgrounds and reasons for being there. As class differences, personal agendas and uncomfortable truths begin surfacing, the case becomes about much more than simply winning in court. The legal mystery keeps its tension alive by constantly testing ambition against justice.
9. Raakh (Prime Video)
A young police officer is pulled into a horrifying investigation involving two teenagers and the dangerous men believed to be responsible. Following the case takes him into a world of violence and cruelty that tests both his courage and his understanding of the people he is hunting. The thriller goes beyond finding the criminals to examine the damage such crimes leave behind.
10. Glory (Netflix)
A boxer’s unexplained death forces two estranged brothers to return to the world of their celebrated boxing-coach father. Their search for answers slowly exposes old rivalries, family wounds and secrets hidden behind sporting ambition. What first appears to be a boxing drama develops into a tense murder mystery where the truth could destroy the family completely.
11. Daldal (Prime Video)
DCP Rita Ferreira begins hunting a ruthless serial killer while carrying emotional wounds and intense pressure of her own. As the murders lead her towards darker truths, the investigation starts testing her psychologically as much as professionally. The result is a grim crime thriller where catching the killer comes with a heavy personal cost.
12. Cheekatilo (Prime Video)
A crime journalist refuses to move on after her close friend dies under mysterious circumstances and begins searching for answers herself. The investigation gradually uncovers buried trauma, silence and disturbing truths connected to power and abuse. What begins as a personal search becomes a darker mystery about everything people tried to keep hidden.
From disturbing murders and damaged families to courtroom battles and deeply personal investigations, these mysteries gave us plenty of reasons to stay invested until the truth came out.