Serial rapists Psycho Shankar commits suicide in Jail
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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'Just like your father...' former MLA Zeeshan Siddique gets death, extortion threats; probe on
Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI): Former Maharashtra MLA and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Monday claimed he has received a death threat via emails warning he would be "killed the same way" as his father Baba Siddique if he didn't pay Rs 10 crore to a person claiming to be a 'D-company' member.
A police official said after receiving a complaint, they have launched a probe into the death threat and extortion demand, and are in the process of recording the statement of Zeeshan Siddique.
Former state minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by gunmen on Dussehra day last year outside his son Zeeshan's office in Mumbai's Bandra area.
Talking to PTI, Zeeshan Siddique said, "Since the last three days I am receiving emails continuously, with content that 'you would be killed just like Baba Siddique if you don't pay Rs 10 crore'. The sender claimed to be a member of the D-company and warned me not to contact police."
The NCP leader said threatening messages were sent to his personal email account.
The sender claimed the 'D-company', a name given to Mumbai's organized crime syndicate founded by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and not the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was behind the killing of Baba Siddique, he said.
"Fed with the repeated emails I contacted the Bandra police," said the former MLA.
A police team has reached Zeeshan Siddique's Bandra residence to record his statement, the official added.
