Mumbai Serial Killer

"On April 6 (1986), our team was at the hotel, where I saw Sobhraj walking inside..." retired Mumbai police officer Madhukar Zende recalls

Netflix has unveiled three Indian documentary films and series for 2022, including Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld from the team behind Crime Stories: India Detectives, Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer from India Today, and Nayanthara wedding documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale from Gautham Vasudev Menon.

Both the films deal with the lives of two of India's most notorious criminals. Mr Varma's film is a biopic of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan; in Anurag's movie, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the eponymous serial killer of 1960s Mumbai

Both the films of May 27 deal with the lives of two of India's most notorious criminals. RGV's film is a biopic of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan; in Anurag's movie, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the eponymous serial killer of 1960s Mumbai

Mahatma Gandhi is considered the foremost exponent of non-violence so it's nothing short of ironic that an accused serial killer has aced an exam on Gandhian principles. Vijay Palande (48), who is accused of four murders and was allegedly a member of underworld don Santosh Shetty's gang, clinched the second rank in the Gandhism exam conducted at Th...

Nearly 400 kilometers south of Mumbai, fear has gripped Kolhapur city in Maharashtra after the alleged murders of nine beggars in the last four months.

A killer with a possible motive of robbery has killed his third flour mill owner since September. All three murders have taken place one month after another and the killer has employed a similar modus operandi in all three incidents, said cops.

Investigations into the murder of Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan have led cops to stumble upon a serial killer. While a third victim has been discovered, grieving relatives believe that many more murders masterminded and executed by the killer wait to be unearthed.

Police officials say rumours of a serial killer, who dumps victims' bodies in suitcases, may be unfounded, as the modus operandi was not the same in the two cases The city witnessed one more suitcase murder on Monday, which initially led the police to believe that there was a serial killer on the prowl.However, medical reports and methods of the ki...

Suspected murderer mutilates victims' bodies and faces to prevent identification; police form patrol teams to increase vigilanceTwo victims in the last two days have fallen prey to an alleged serial killer in Mumbai, who maims their bodies so that they cannot be identified. Three other similar cases were reported in the last two years.The series of...

Mumbai's Kurla has been witness to a series of child murders since February. Three young girls were raped and killed in a slum here; the residents across the suburb are on the edge. (Read: Mumbai serial killings - fear keeps Kurla on the edge)Now, after months of false leads, the police have arrested 19-year-old Javed Ahmed Shaikh for the brutal ra...

The Kurla suburb of Mumbai has been rocked by a series of child murders since February. After three young girls were raped and killed in a slum here, it's not just the slum residents who are on edge but also residents from other regions across the suburb.Three-year-old Mudra leaves for school under the watchful eyes of her father. Girish Tandel who...

Kurla in East Mumbai has become the unwilling landing ground for politicians. They come with competing contingents of followers, shouting slogans, and carrying placards.  Kurla has earned its VIP attention in the cruellest of ways.The CCTVs installed in the narrow paths between the different slums, the close to 30 police teams that patrol the ...

2000 people have been questioned as the Mumbai Police struggles to uncover who raped and killed three little girls.

The suburb of Kurla in East Mumbai lives in fear of a serial killer. Since February, three young girls have been raped and killed here, the last four days ago.  The police has detained one man who resembles the alleged killer.The second of the three girls killed was found on the terrace of the police quarters in Nehru Nagar.  That led to ...

"On April 6 (1986), our team was at the hotel, where I saw Sobhraj walking inside..." retired Mumbai police officer Madhukar Zende recalls

Netflix has unveiled three Indian documentary films and series for 2022, including Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld from the team behind Crime Stories: India Detectives, Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer from India Today, and Nayanthara wedding documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale from Gautham Vasudev Menon.

Both the films deal with the lives of two of India's most notorious criminals. Mr Varma's film is a biopic of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan; in Anurag's movie, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the eponymous serial killer of 1960s Mumbai

Both the films of May 27 deal with the lives of two of India's most notorious criminals. RGV's film is a biopic of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan; in Anurag's movie, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the eponymous serial killer of 1960s Mumbai

Mahatma Gandhi is considered the foremost exponent of non-violence so it's nothing short of ironic that an accused serial killer has aced an exam on Gandhian principles. Vijay Palande (48), who is accused of four murders and was allegedly a member of underworld don Santosh Shetty's gang, clinched the second rank in the Gandhism exam conducted at Th...

Nearly 400 kilometers south of Mumbai, fear has gripped Kolhapur city in Maharashtra after the alleged murders of nine beggars in the last four months.

A killer with a possible motive of robbery has killed his third flour mill owner since September. All three murders have taken place one month after another and the killer has employed a similar modus operandi in all three incidents, said cops.

Investigations into the murder of Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan have led cops to stumble upon a serial killer. While a third victim has been discovered, grieving relatives believe that many more murders masterminded and executed by the killer wait to be unearthed.

Police officials say rumours of a serial killer, who dumps victims' bodies in suitcases, may be unfounded, as the modus operandi was not the same in the two cases The city witnessed one more suitcase murder on Monday, which initially led the police to believe that there was a serial killer on the prowl.However, medical reports and methods of the ki...

Suspected murderer mutilates victims' bodies and faces to prevent identification; police form patrol teams to increase vigilanceTwo victims in the last two days have fallen prey to an alleged serial killer in Mumbai, who maims their bodies so that they cannot be identified. Three other similar cases were reported in the last two years.The series of...

Mumbai's Kurla has been witness to a series of child murders since February. Three young girls were raped and killed in a slum here; the residents across the suburb are on the edge. (Read: Mumbai serial killings - fear keeps Kurla on the edge)Now, after months of false leads, the police have arrested 19-year-old Javed Ahmed Shaikh for the brutal ra...

The Kurla suburb of Mumbai has been rocked by a series of child murders since February. After three young girls were raped and killed in a slum here, it's not just the slum residents who are on edge but also residents from other regions across the suburb.Three-year-old Mudra leaves for school under the watchful eyes of her father. Girish Tandel who...

Kurla in East Mumbai has become the unwilling landing ground for politicians. They come with competing contingents of followers, shouting slogans, and carrying placards.  Kurla has earned its VIP attention in the cruellest of ways.The CCTVs installed in the narrow paths between the different slums, the close to 30 police teams that patrol the ...

2000 people have been questioned as the Mumbai Police struggles to uncover who raped and killed three little girls.

The suburb of Kurla in East Mumbai lives in fear of a serial killer. Since February, three young girls have been raped and killed here, the last four days ago.  The police has detained one man who resembles the alleged killer.The second of the three girls killed was found on the terrace of the police quarters in Nehru Nagar.  That led to ...