Jaideep Ahlawat in Paatal Lok, Amazon Prime Video
Honest cop Hathiram Chaudhary gets caught up in a web of political intrigue.
Most actors have played cops sometime in their careers. Deepa Gahlot looks at some memorable cops on OTT.
Saif Ali Khan in Sacred Games, Netflix
The first major star to appear in an OTT series, Saif is a cop with a tangled past and a present complicated by gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).
Shefali Shah in Delhi Crime 1 & 2, Netflix
Shefali plays Delhi DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, who has to solve the horrific rape of a young woman in a show based on the Nirbhaya case. In the 2nd season, she hunts a gang of ruthless home invaders.
Mohit Raina in Bhaukaal, MX Player
Sent on a punishment posting to a crime-ridden town in north India, he risks his life to butt heads with ruthless gangs.
Karan Tacker in Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, Netflix
Sent to a back-of-beyond Bihar village, the real-life cop, on whose book the show is based, hunts a dangerous outlaw who has politicians protecting him.
Sonakshi Sinha in Dahaad, Amazon Prime
A low-caste female cop in a small Rajasthan town, where women are treated as second class citizens, has to prove her worth after a serial killer murders young women.
Richa Chadha in Candy, JioCinema
A small town cop has to finish a gang of drug peddlers who target school children and have a local politician's protection.
Raveena Tandon in Aranyak, Netflix
In a serene Himachal town, the rape and murder of a French woman pulls the cop out of a planned sabbatical and dunk her in a cauldron of corruption, political involvement and drug-running gangs.
Ajay Devgn in Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness, Disney+Hotstar
A maverick cop reinstated after being suspended for attacking a suspect is thrown into a case involving a serial killer.
Aditi Pohankar in She, Netflix
A timid constable comes into her own when she is sent undercover as a hooker to trap a dangerous and elusive gangster.
Suvinder Vicky in Kohraa, Netflix
A bridegroom is found murdered days before his wedding, and two harried cops (the other being Barun Sobti) have to deal with the hornet's nest of family problems, their own demons and a tragedy that is not what it looks like.