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Serial rapist and murderer, u00e2u0080u0098Psycho Shankar', commits suicide in prison

Updated on: 01 March,2018 11:29 AM IST  |  Bengaluru
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Serial rapist and murderer Jaishankar, notoriously known as 'Psycho Shankar', allegedly committed suicide at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Wednesday, police said

Serial rapist and murderer, u00e2u0080u0098Psycho Shankar', commits suicide in prison

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Serial rapist and murderer Jaishankar, notoriously known as 'Psycho Shankar', allegedly committed suicide at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Wednesday, police said.


He slit his throat with a shaving blade at around 2 am, they said, adding that the incident came to light when night beat guards were on their rounds near his cell. Jaishankar was first shifted to the jail hospital and later to the state-run Victoria hospital in the city, where he succumbed to injuries around 5:15 am.


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