Mangalore: Serial Killer Cyanide Mohan had Confessed to Crime - Former ASP
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Mar 15: Bellary superintendent of police, Chandragupta, who had been functioning as assistant superintendent of police (ASP) in Puttur in 2009, deposed before the fast track court here that serial killer Mohan Kumar, widely known as Cyanide Mohan, had confessed to his crime in his presence.
Chandragupta was deposing before the fast track court here, which has been hearing murder charges levelled against Mohan Kumar, on Wednesday March 14.
“On October 21, 2009, I had taken Mohan into custody from the rural police of Bantwal. A mobile phone, some currency notes, a black hand bag, plastic sachet containing cyanide powder, and a mobile set without sim card, had been confiscated from his possession,” he explained.
In his confession, Mohan explained about how he cheated the girls, and the modus operandi employed to kill them. He revealed about how he killed Anita from Barimaru and many other girls. He said he raped these girls before killing them with the help of cyanide, Chandragupta explained. He said the accused had been produced in the court, and was taken into police custody the next day.
“On the basis of Mohan’s statements, we visited the house of his second wife in Belma village. In our presence, he opened his bag there, and showed fake rubber seals of education department, identity cards, cyanide bottles, etc. All these things were procured in a sealed cover and produced in court,” he added.
Mohammed from Puttur, who faces charge of supplying cyanide to Mohan on regular basis, who was expected to depose before the court on Wednesday, failed to appear before the court. Due to paucity of time, Mohan Kumar, who is defending himself in the case, could not cross-examine the witness.
Special public prosecutor, Cheyyabba Beary, represented the prosecution.
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