Mangalore: Hearing resumes in Cyanide Mohan serial murder case
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (EP)
Mangalore, Aug 12: Hearing in the sensational Cyanide Mohan serial murder case, which had paused for the past several months due to the retirement of the fast track court judge, has now resumed. Accused Mohan Kumar was charged of killing around 20 girls by giving them cyanide.
The case is now being heard in the fourth additional court.
The accused was arrested four years ago for cheating young girls from Shimoga, Mysore, Madikeri, Hassan, Bangalore etc by asking them to come at secluded places with their jewellery promising to marry them. He used to rape them when they come to him, impregnate them and make them consume cyanide by making them believe that those are birth control tablets and kill the girls.
The witnesses in the case have to come from different districts. The lodges used for the crime, the staff of KSRTC bus stand where the crime had taken place, onlookers, family members of the victims etc are being questioned.
"Though presenting witnesses in the case is a tedious process, I am sure that justice would prevail," said public prosecutor Chebbayya Byari, who was appointed by the government. He says that he is ready for strong argument in the case.
A physical education teacher since 1990, Mohan Kumar has murdered 20 girls including four from Bantwal, two from Sullia, three from Puttur, five from Kasargod, two from Beltangady and one each from Mangalore and Moodbidri, from 2005 to 2009. Ten of them were killed in Mysore, three in Madikeri and two each in Hassan and Majestic by giving cyanide, says the chargesheet.
Seven cases pending in the high court have been transferred to district court whose investigation is yet to be started.
Four years of Mohan Kumar’s arrest: Kishore Kumar, who has lost his sister in the crime expresses his regret that the case has remained pending though Mohan Kumar is in the lock up for the last four years. We want the killer to be hanged till death for killing innocent girls, he says. He adds that the society should be sent a clear message of justice.
Mohan Kumar who was the physical education teacher has read books on law during the period of his arrest and is confident of arguing his case in the court on his own. The delay in the case enables him to study further and prepare for the argument.
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