Punjab Police arrests 'serial killer' who murdered 11 men in 18 months
Rupnagar (Punjab), Dec 25: Police in Punjab's Rupnagar have arrested a man for allegedly killing 11 persons in the past 18 months, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Ram Saroop alias Sodhi of village Chaura in Hoshiarpur district, was arrested on Monday in another case and during interrogation it came to light that he was a "serial killer", they said.
Police said his victims were men whom he used to offer lift in his car, and then rob them and kill them if they resisted.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Rupnagar, Gulneet Singh Khurana said that instructions were issued to police officers to solve the cases of heinous crimes in the district.
Khurana said a police team was formed to nab culprits involved in murder cases.
Referring to a murder case in Kiratpur Sahib, he divulged that a man aged about 37 years, who used to serve tea and water at Toll Plaza Modra, was murdered on August 18.
The investigations in this case led to the arrest of Ram Saroop and later his involvement in other cases got revealed during interrogation, police said.
Police said his victims were men whom he used to offer lift in his car. He used to later rob them and kill them if they resisted.
During the interrogation, the accused admitted that apart from this case, he had committed 10 other murders, the officials said.
The accused has also admitted to have committed killings in Fatehgarh Sahib and Hoshiarpur districts, they said.
He used to strangle his victims while in some cases he used objects like bricks to commit the crime, police said.
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West Bengal board declares class 10 exam results, 86.83 pc students pass
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal board's class 10 results were declared on Friday, with 86.83 per cent of the total 9.71 lakh candidates passing the examination, an official said.
In last year's Madhyamik Pariksha, 86.56 per cent of the 9.84 lakh students were declared successful, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Ramanuj Ganguly said.
This year's examination was held from February 2 to February 12 at over 2,600 centres across the state, he said.
Abhirup Bhadra of Sarada Vidyamandir in Uttar Dinajpur district bagged the first rank, securing 698 of 700 marks. Priyotosh Mukhopadhyay of Sarojinidevi Saraswati Sishu Mandir in Birbhum was declared second with 696 marks. The third rank was shared by three students.
A total of 131 students secured the top 10 ranks, of whom 28 were girls.
Kalimpong recorded the highest percentage at 95.01, followed by Purba Medinipur at 94.02 and Kolkata at 92.31.
