Mangalore: Death penalty to Cyanide Mohan Kumar

 

Mangalore, 21 Dec 2013: The Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court, Mangalore awarded Death penalty to Cyanide Mohan Kumar on Saturday, December 21.

 

The rigorous punishment is awarded in the murder cases of Anitha of Barimar, Leelavathi of Vamadapadavu and Sunanda of Peruvaje in Sullia.

 

The death sentence will be carried out after confirmation from the high court.

 

Apart from the death penalty under section 302 (murder), the court also sentenced him to five years in jail and Rs 5,000 fine under section 366 (kidnapping), eight years in jail and Rs 5,000 fine under section 376 (rape), three years in jail and Rs 1,000 fine under section 328 (administering poison).

 

The hearing started in the fast track court but later was transferred to the present court. The case was argued for the state by Cheyyabba Beary, a retired public prosecutor. Mohan is defending his own case.

 

Nearly 20 women were allegedly murdered by Mohan Kumar. Mohan Kumar is a former teacher who is suspected of killing twenty young women over a span of five years. He befriended his victims, dated them for a few weeks and then persuaded them to elope with him to neighboring towns.

 

After spending a night together, he would ask the unsuspecting victims to drink two cyanide capsules, claiming they were “morning-after” pills. All his victims died within moments of taking the pills freeing him up to rob them of their jewelry and other valuables.