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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Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.

"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.

"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.

"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.

The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.