Serial Killer ''Cyanide'' Mohan Convicted In 20th Murder Case

A Local court has convicted serial killer ''Cyanide'' Mohan, holding him guilty in the rape & murder of a young woman from Kasaragod in Kerala in 2009.

This is the 20th & last of the murder cases registered against the criminal, who has killed several women using cyanide after befriending & raping them.

On June 24, the quantum of punishment is expected to be pronounced.

Earlier, he had been sentenced to death in 5 cases & life imprisonment in 3 cases. 2 of the death penalties were later commuted to life imprisonment.

The prosecution case was that the 25-year-old victim, who was working as a cook in a ladies hostel in Kasaragod, got acquainted with Mohan in 2009.

He visited her house thrice & promised to marry her. On July 8, 2009, the woman had left her house, saying she was going to a temple at Sullia.

He took her to Bengaluru & when the family members called him about her, informed them that they had got married & would return home soon.

Mohan had taken the woman to a lodge near the bus stand.

She had a physical relationship with him & before leaving the next day, was asked to leave her jewellery in the room.

The Prosecution said that they went to the bus stand where he gave her a cyanide-laced tablet, making her believe that it is a contraceptive pill & left the place.

The woman consumed the tablet & collapsed near the toilet of the bus stand.

She was rushed to a hospital by a constable, but was declared dead on arrival.

A case of unnatural death was then registered. After Mohan was arrested in Oct 2009, the victim's sister, seeing his pictures, identified him & filed a complaint, following which the criminal investigation department took up the probe.

Public prosecutor Judith O M Crasta had fought the case earlier, which was taken over later by Jayaram Shetty.

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