India's Biggest Dark Web Couple Operation | Rarest Of the Rare Case

0:05 Our country is moving forward very rapidly. Everywhere you look, there's talk of Digital India, Innovative India. But today we wouldn't even be discussing this case if the CBI hadn't received a tip from the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol. The culprits of this case are a typical Indian wife and her government employee husband, who were from Uttar Pradesh. But as simple and friendly as they appeared on the surface, their reality was equally terrifying and equally disgusting. This case is centered around such a crime where many minors are involved, including very young children. And this couple operated for 10 years until they were finally caught. In all those years, together they made over

0:50 2 lakh videos, which they sold through the dark web in 47 countries. Guys, trust me when I say this, these people are India's Epstein. And they weren't arrested by police, but directly by the CBI. This is the case of the Santa Claus couple from UP. The Santa Claus couple from UP. Now all of this began in 2010. Ram Bhavan and Durgawati were a married couple. Ram Bhavan was a government engineer working as a Junior Engineer in the Irrigation Department. Now back then, and even today, you all know the kind of value and respect a government employee holds among people. That's why Ram Bhavan was a well-respected person

1:37 in front of the world. He spoke sweetly to everyone and behaved with great manners. In fact, his wife was just as charming and welcoming as him. That's why everyone who knew them liked Ram Bhavan's family a lot, and their reputation in society was very good. Now government employees get many benefits along with their job and reputation, and one of those benefits is accommodation. And since Ram Bhavan was a JE, he got quite a good accommodation. But still, he never lived in government quarters. Wherever he was posted, he would rent a flat or apartment. Now you might think he did this to give space to his family members. Sometimes big families don't have enough space, so they rent a bigger apartment.

2:22 But that was not the case, because Ram Bhavan and Durgawati lived alone. They had no children with them. In fact, they never had children at all. That's why they were always very friendly with other people's children. They talked to them nicely, fed them, and even played with them. And seeing all this, people just assumed that because they had no children of their own, they loved other people's children so much. They probably saw their own children in other people's kids. That's what everyone thought. So the parents of those children also had no problem with Ram Bhavan and Durgawati's love for their kids, and they would let their children visit their home. In fact, the children were also quite excited to visit their home, because the couple let them play games on phones, fed them tasty food, and did anything to make them happy.

3:08 They were basically Willy Wonka for them. And some kids even called them Santa Claus Aunty and Uncle. So this is just how they spent their lives basically. Ram Bhavan worked and earned money, but being a government employee, he had a lot of free time, which he spent at home with his wife Durgawati and with the neighbors' children, as they visited their home very often. Between 2010 and 2020, Ram Bhavan was active in Banda and Chitrakoot districts, where he lived in a rented room with his wife. And everywhere, their story was the same. Getting into people's good books, creating sympathy for themselves, gaining their trust, and then inviting their children over to play. Now they were so serious about kids' entertainment that they kept lots of toys in their home, plenty of phones which they would offer to the kids. They basically turned it into a hub for kids.

3:55 And those children and their parents thought they were doing all of this because of their love for kids, that maybe because they didn't have their own children, they loved other people's children so much. But the truth was way more sinister than this. Now the most shocking twist in this story came in October 2020. The CBI received a report from Interpol that someone from India is involved in disturbing inappropriate child content on the dark web. They shared a phone number with the CBI, which when traced, led the CBI to Ram Bhavan and Durgawati. On October 31st, CBI filed an FIR against both of them, and on November 17, 2020, Ram Bhavan was arrested from his Chitrakoot apartment. After his arrest, his house was searched, and they found numerous phones, laptops, cameras, and memory cards. After analyzing them, their crimes were fully exposed to the CBI.

4:42 But still, Ram Bhavan's wife was not arrested yet because there was no evidence to support that she was also involved in these crimes alongside her husband. But she did something that got her arrested too. After her husband's arrest, she was destroying evidence against him and even threatening their victims 127 00:05:59,840 --> 00:05:04,000 not to say anything to anyone. And this threatening was something they had been doing earlier as well. But she was caught after a month and was also arrested. Now the CBI began interrogating both of them, and what they revealed left everyone stunned. Now all that love and care for children was just a facade so that they could fulfill their disgusting fantasies. They mostly targeted families from economically weaker backgrounds because they knew these people or their parents

5:27 wouldn't be able to do anything against them. And even if something happened, they could silence them with money. Now they used different tactics for each child. If a child liked chocolates, they lured them with chocolates. If a child liked video games, they lured them with phones or games. And if they liked toys, especially very young ones, they lured them with toys. They were such experts in talking and manipulating that forget the children, they could sweet-talk even their parents into their good books. 155 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:02,400 And once a child became comfortable with them, they would invite that child to their home, making sure they felt safe. And then they would do such horrific things to these children that I can't even describe. I still have to explain a little bit so you get the context.

6:12 So we're going to use an analogy here because YouTube doesn't allow this content. So let's just say there is a female tree and there is a male tree. Both the male and female tree wanted a special manure. Manure is fertilizer, by the way. So this tree would lure this manure into their home. Then the female tree would first consume this manure herself, and the sun would record all of it. When the sun finished recording, then the male tree would consume the manure again. Basically the tree and the manure would get involved with each other, and this too was recorded by the sun. And then when the sun's rays fell on their family, they got the idea that they could sell all of this 179 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:02,560 and make a lot of money.

7:00 And guys, all of this was sold on the dark web and they got paid for every view. They probably made lakhs of rupees from this manure on the dark web. So now imagine, if they were doing this with one manure, how many manures were there. Now after doing all this with all the manures, they wouldn't physically harm them because of course, they were trees. And it would have been very risky business for them to silence them. Which I'll tell you more about later. Instead they would mentally torture this manure, this fertilizer, this water. And threaten them by saying that if they told anyone outside about this, they would finish off that manure, that fertilizer, that water forever.

7:46 And since these were tiny saplings that were just about to grow, they did what they were asked to do. Again, I'm sorry for the analogy. 202 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:03,279 YouTube, you know. And about their business, both of them together committed unimaginable crimes. I've tried to explain some details, but again all of this was sold on the dark web, guys. Their buyers were from different countries like China, USA, Brazil, and even Afghanistan. So all of this sickness was a way for them to make a lot of money by selling it to sick people like them. Through emails, they were connected to buyers around the world and communicated with them regularly. In all of this, Ram Bhavan's wife Durgawati was equally involved.

8:32 But after being arrested, she started denying these charges. Durgawati claimed, and I quote, that due to a marital dispute, Ram Bhavan was dragging her into all of this, when in reality she had no involvement in any of this. She appealed in the High Court for this, and surprisingly, she got bail. But there were also charges against her for witness tampering and pressuring victims' families to compromise. 228 00:09:59,279 --> 00:09:03,839 So the court, based on victims' testimony, found her equally guilty. Now medical examinations confirmed permanent physical and psychological damage on those small saplings, those small trees, that manure. And many of them needed long-term treatment. And some are still receiving treatment to this day along with this case.

9:18 On February 10, 2021, the CBI filed a 700-page chargesheet. In this chargesheet, 74 people gave statements, whose ages ranged from 5 to 42 years, and among them were testimonies of over 30 minor survivors. Charges were framed in 2023, and the trial began in June 2023, for which they conducted very rigorous investigation and evidence gathering. Finally, the judgment in this case came on February 20, 2026, meaning 5 years later. Now for all these years, Ram Bhavan was in police custody, but his wife, who was an equal culprit, was leading a normal life outside.

10:04 But two days before the judgment, she was arrested again because the victims' testimonies proved that Durgawati was lying and was equally involved with her husband. These are some of the testimonies given by their victims, because of which Durgawati was re-arrested. Now the victims' testimonies, you can read in the pinned comment. I'll write them in detail there. But basically both of them described how these people lured them. One small sapling, one small tree said that all of this happened to them for a year and they were lured inside with the promise of TV. Again, there are many children's testimonies here, but one testimony that really stands out is that again, the female tree and the male tree, whenever the male tree was forcing this manure, this fertilizer,

10:51 Durgawati was present in the house. So she knew what she was doing and she never stopped him or herself. Because even after hearing the cries of those small trees, their screaming, she never stopped anything. Just hearing these things made my skin crawl because I can't even imagine how a human being can be so heartless, so disgusting. And by the way, in the recent hearing of this case, a third accused has also emerged, reportedly from Delhi, and he is accused of exchanging information with Ram Bhavan via email, for which he is also being investigated. Possibly more people could be involved in this. But here's a very interesting fact: maybe that's not the case. Now the thing here is that when both these trees

11:37 were doing all of this, and the male tree was at such a high position, then how did they even think about this? They already had so much money, so why were they doing it? So basically what comes out here is that they did it for quick money, to achieve a lifestyle that their normal life and normal job could never provide. So maybe that's why they didn't involve anyone else in this whole operation, because one, his job could be at stake. Two, their reputation could be ruined. And three, this act was so massive that if even one thing leaked, they would be imprisoned forever. And the reason this case got so much attention is because its judgment came just a few days ago. In a special court hearing,

12:22 Additional District and Sessions Judge Pradeep Kumar Mishra sentenced both of them to death. You all know how severe this sentence is. In India, honestly, this sentence doesn't really mean much. But just receiving this sentence is such a big deal in itself that it makes this case one of the rarest of the rare cases in India. And both of them have been convicted under the Indian Penal Code, POCSO Act, and Information Technology Act. Now the charges against both of them include multiple serious offenses, IT Act violations, and criminal conspiracies. And they will not be able to fight this back because the severity of these things is very clearly mentioned in the court. I want to state this again: they did not get life imprisonment.

13:08 Guys, they were directly given the death sentence. The court also stated that there is no question of the culprits being reformed here, because this crime was so despicable. On top of this, the court ordered the government to give every affected party, that is a total of 33 people, ₹1 lakh each as compensation. Now 33 victims were officially identified here, but according to some reports, this number could be more than 50. Also, a fine of 6.45 lakhs and 5.45 lakhs has been imposed on Ram Bhavan and his wife. And whatever money was recovered from them, which is around 8.27 lakhs, will be equally distributed among the parties. Let's just hope these people actually

13:54 receive this punishment and it doesn't just remain pending as usual. But with that, this case ends here for now, guys. Again, I want to say sorry for the weird way I conveyed this case. But if I didn't do it this way, you wouldn't even see this video. And I think this case is something everyone needs to know about. And I want you guys to do one thing for me. Please share this video with your parents. You don't know how many things can go right if your parents know about this case. You never know what thing can come in handy where, when, and for whom. So do share this video with your parents. But with that, this case ends here. And I hope you guys are happy. I hope you guys are healthy. Please be close to your loved ones, guys, and will see you very very soon. Bye bye.