Bangalore: Police, probing the case of serial
cyanide killer Mohan Kumar who has been accused of raping and
murdering at least 20 women, today appealed to public in four
districts to furnish information about young women who had
gone missing during 2004-2009.
"It is likely that there are many other women who have
become victims of Mohan Kumar. It is requested that parents
and guardians of young women who have gone missing in the
Dakshina Kannada, Udupi Kodagu (in Karnataka) and Kasargod (in
Kerala) during the years 2004-09 contact the Superintendent of
Police, CID, Bangalore",Director General of Police, Crime
Investigation Department D V Guruprasad said in a statement.
Kumar had lured young women promising them that he would
marry them.After establishing physical contact, he used to
give them cyanide saying it was a contraceptive and ensuring
their death.
Kumar, arrested last year, told police that he had killed
20 women.A chargesheeet has already been filed against him.
PTI
