India, April 16 -- Actors Ali Fazal and Sonali Bendre have joined the cast of an upcoming web series based on the 1978 Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping and murder case, also known as the Ranga-Billa case. HTCity has exclusively learnt that the series is currently being shot in New Delhi.

The case, which shook the nation, led to the death sentences of the convicted criminals Kuljeet Singh (alias Ranga) and Jasbir Singh (alias Billa). The execution was carried out in 1982. In the series, Sonali and Ali will play investigative officers tasked with cracking the case.

A source close to the production tells us, "The team has been researching the case for several months. Both Sonali and Ali will be playing investigative officers who will be ...