049: Serial Killer Files Part 5 - Cyanide Mohan
Writer and Geek Show
English - August 19, 2018 14:56 - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSociety & Culture History Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mohan Kumar, infamously known as Cyanide Mohan is a serial killer who targeted women by offering them marriage.
Details:
DOB: 1963
Place: Mangalore
Marital status: Married thrice
Span of crime: 2005-2009
Number of victims: 20
Date of apprehension: October 2009
Crime history
Cyanide Mohan worked as a primary school teacher from 1980 to 2003.
He was fired from his job for allegedly pushing a woman off the Nethravathi when she refused his marriage proposal.
The motive of the murders were to satisfy his sexual needs and to extort the valuables from his victims.
He used cyanide laced pills to kill his victims.
Convicted for 5 murders of the 20 murders.
He is his own attorney and successful appealed to convert one death penalty into a life sentence.
He is also found to have committed bank frauds and forgeries
Currently serving two death penalties and two life sentences.