Mohan Kumar (serial killer)

Mohan Kumar
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Karnataka, India
Other namesCyanide Mohan
Ananda
Bhaskara[1]
Bhaskar[2]
Criminal penaltyDeath penalty (commuted to life imprisonment)
Details
Victims20
Span of crimes
2005–2009
CountryIndia
Date apprehended
21 October 2009

Mohan Kumar Vivekanand (born 1963), also known as Cyanide Mohan, is a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast-track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women in Karnataka from 2003 to 2009.[3]

He was accused of luring women around the age of 22-35 who were unable to pay dowry or were unable to find suitable husbands.[4] Kumar would offer these women that he would marry them without asking for a dowry. He would kill them by giving them cyanide pills and robbing them of their jewellery.

Apart from murder, he was also alleged to have been involved in bank loan frauds and forgeries.[5]

  1. ^ "Mangalore: Neighbours, Family, Refuse to Accept Mohan as Serial Killer". Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Gruesome Murders". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "The true story of Dahaad and Cyanide Mohan, the serial killer who inspired Vijay Varma's character". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Curious case of 'Cyanide' Mohan draws advocates". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Mangalore: Serial Killer Cyanide Mohan Also Cheated Teachers, Banks". daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2012.