Jun 5, 2024, 11:16 PM IST

  7 most notorious serial killers in India

Varnika Srivastava

Gowri Shankar

Gowri Shankar, nicknamed "Auto Shankar," was a prominent Indian criminal, serial killer, and gangster from Tamil Nadu, known for his activities in Chennai during the 1970s and 1980s.

Raman Raghav

Raman Raghav, also known as "Jack the Ripper of India," was a serial killer in India, a hunter and scavenger who killed people when he had no other option.

Cyanide Mohan

Mohan Kumar Vivekanand, a renowned serial killer in India, abused women seeking marriage by providing them with cyanide pills disguised as contraceptive pills.

Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj, known as the "bikini killer," was a notorious serial killer in India, known for his evasion of authorities and his charming personality, which earned him the trust of victims.

Devendra Sharma

Devendra Sharma, an ayurvedic doctor turned serial killer, confessed to killing 50 drivers in the early 2000s for stealing and selling their vehicles. He also killed 100 other drivers and ran an illegal kidney transplant racket.

Paedophile Ravinder Kumar

Ravinder Kumar, an Indian serial killer, rapist, child molester, paedophile, and necrophile, kidnapped, raped, and murdered 30 children, confessing to his crimes upon arrest.

Psycho Shankar

Psycho Shankar, an Indian serial killer, committed 30 rapes, murders, and robbery cases between 2008-2011 in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports