Karnataka's Serial Killer 'Cyanide' Mohan Gets Life Sentence for Rape & Murder of 20th Victim

"Cyanide" Mohan, a serial killer who has murdered several women using the deadly chemical after befriending and raping them, has been sentenced by a court here to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a woman from Kerala in 2009.

Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Sayeednunnisa pronounced the quantum of sentence on Wednesday.

The 57-year old Mohan was convicted of murder on Saturday.

The case is the 20th and last in the series of murder cases against him.

Prior, he had been granted capital punishment in five cases and life detainment in others. Two of the capital punishments were later driven to life detainment. 

For this situation, Mohan had been accused of tempting a 25-year elderly person from Kasargod to go with him on the guarantee of marriage and took



her to Bengaluru. 

He remained in a hotel with the lady, assaulted and killed her the following day by giving her a cyanide-bound tablet causing her to accept that it was a preventative pill.

He used the same modus operandi in all the 20 cases against him.

The judge awarded life sentence and Rs 25,000 fine for murder under Section 302 of IPC, ten years and Rs 5,000 for abduction, ten years and Rs 5,000 for feeding poison, seven years and Rs 5,000 for rape, five years and Rs 5,000 for robbing jewellery and imprisonment and fines for cheating and destroying evidence.

The court examined 46 witnesses, 89 documentary evidence and 31 assets.

Of the gold ornaments taken away by Mohan, a pendant was recovered from the residence of his second wife, which was directed to be given to the victim's mother.