Mangaluru: Serial killer Cyanide Mohan gets life term in 20th case

Mangaluru: The court has awarded life term imprisonment to serial killer Mohan Kumar alias “Cyanide” Mohan after proven guilty in the last remaining case.

Earlier this week, the court had convicted serial killer ‘Cyanide’ Mohan, holding him guilty in the rape and murder of a young woman from Kasaragod in Kerala and passed the judgment on Wednesday.

The judge awarded a life sentence and Rs. 25000 fine for murder under section 302 of the Indian penal Code, 10 years imprisonment and Rs. 5000 fine for abduction, five years imprisonment and Rs 5,000 fine for robbery, 10 years imprisonment and Rs, 5000 fine for poisoning, a seven-year sentence with Rs. 5,000 fine for rape.

In addition to this. for crimes like the destruction of evidence and cheating after promising marriage, he was awarded more fines and 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 and promised to marry her.

On July 8, 2009, the woman had left her house, saying she was going to a temple at Sullia.

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

He had taken the woman to a lodge near the bus stand. She had a physical relationship with him and before leaving the next day, was asked to leave her jewelry in the room.

“They went to the bus stand where he gave her a cyanide-laced tablet, making her believe that it is a contraceptive pill and left the place,” the prosecution said.

The woman consumed the tablet and 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.