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Delhi Crime Season 3 True Story: Who is real officer Vartika Chaturvedi in Baby Falak case?

Delhi Crime Season 3 is inspired by true events on real life Baby Falak Case that went onto to become a human trafficking case.

The much-awaited series Delhi Crime: Season 3 (Delhi Crime Season 3) was released on Netflix on November 13, 2025. Directed by Tanuj Chopra, Delhi Crime: Season 3 is a crime thriller that revolves around DCP Vartika Chaturvedi aka Madam Sir and her Delhi Police team who investigate a human trafficking case.

It features Shefali Shah as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, Huma Qureshi as Meena aka Badi Didi, Rashika Dugal as IPS Neeti Singh, Rajesh Tailang as Inspector Bhupendra Singh and more in the key roles.

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Is Delhi Crime Season 3 a true story?

The answer is yes. Delhi Crime Season 3 is inspired by true events on real life Baby Falak Case that went onto to become a human trafficking case. Huma Qureshi plays the antagonist Meena aka Badi Didi.

Who is real life Vartika Chaturvedi?

As per reports, the character DCP Vartika Chaturvedi played by actress Shefali Shah is inspired by real life IPS officer Chhaya Sharma. Notably, Chhaya Sharma was among leading Delhi Police officers who probed both the infamous Nirbhaya case as well as Baby Falak Case.

As per a reports, (then) DCP Chhaya Sharma had briefed the media during the Baby Falak Case. An NDTV report published in 2012 quoted Chhaya Sharma saying, "Rajkumar told us that in October last year, he met a man named Manoj. Manoj told him he needed a car to drop a child (Falak) to an orphanage. Rajkumar instead asked him to hand over the two-year-old to him."

She added that Manoj's wife, a woman named Pratima, has also been arrested from Patna in connection with the case. She is also being brought to Delhi for investigation.

Where is IPS officer Chhaya Sharma now?

As last reported in 2021 by bwpoliceworld, Chhaya Sharma was posted as Jt Commisisoner of Police (EOW) in the Delhi Police. Sabera.co reports that Chhaya Sharma who belongs to the AGMUT Cadre served as Joint Commissioner of Police of Eastern Range, Delhi after serving as Joint Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Delhi.

She has also served as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

IPS officer Chhaya Sharma

All about Baby Falak Case

2-year-old baby Falak was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre in New Delhi in 2012. The baby was reportedly suffering from a fractured skull and human bite marks on her body. She was brought to the hospital by a 15-year-old girl who claimed to be her mother.

The girl told the doctors that the baby had fallen from bed. She was admitted with a fractured skull, broken arms, human bite marks all over her body and cheeks that had been branded by a hot iron.

Baby Falak died on 15 March 2012, after a cardiac arrest, her third in three months.

Thereafter , the Union Home Ministry sought a report from the Delhi Police and termed it as a case of human trafficking.

In this case, 10 people were arrested along with a man named Rajkumar. Rajkumar was accused of abandoning the baby along with his teenaged girlfriend Lakshmi.

As per reports, the girl herself was the victim of abuse. In 2012, the teenager was arrested Falak's five-year-old brother was also traced from the house of a vendor in West Delhi's Uttam Nagar locality while her sister Sanobar was traced by Delhi Police from Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

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