Bengaluru: Serial rapist Psycho Jaishankar committed suicide in Parappana Agrahara jail here on Monday night.
Shankar, who was in a separate cell, slit his throat and committed suicide. The prison authorities, who noticed this, rushed him to the jail hospital. Due to the ineffective treatment, they decided to take him to Victoria Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
The native of Chitradurga Vikrat Kami Shankar was accused of rapes and murders of more than 19 women. Shankar had raped a police constable's wife in front of the constable. He was arrested in 2011 in Vijayapura and awarded a life sentence.
Shankar had escaped from jail in 2013. Police had announced Rs. 15 lakh reward for information on his whereabouts. After the arrest, he was kept in a separate cell.
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Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.