January 1, 1963 - Cyanide Mohan
Operating across Karnataka over roughly six years, he exploited the social and economic pressures surrounding dowry and marriage to gain access to vulnerable women, then poisoned them with cyanide under the pretense of offering what they most needed. The method was deliberate and consistent, and the scale — twenty confirmed murders — reflects not impulsive violence but a sustained, predatory system. His case drew attention to how deeply entrenched marriage customs could be weaponized against the women they were meant to govern.
From Wikipedia
Mohan Kumar Vivekanand (born 1963), also known as Cyanide Mohan, is a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast-track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women in Karnataka from 2003 to 2009.
He was accused of luring women around the age of 22-35 who were unable to pay dowry or were unable to find suitable husbands. Kumar would offer these women that he would marry them without asking for a dowry. He would kill them by giving them cyanide pills and robbing them of their jewellery.
Apart from murder, he was also alleged to have been involved in bank loan frauds and forgeries.
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