Crime Stories: Delhi's Scariest Serial Killer (Part 1)

"In Bhagavad Gita, it's written that killing a wrong person is not a sin then there are some things that are not wrong despite being wrong."

Upon hearing these words from his client, the lawyer found himself deep in thought. On one hand, the accused criminal was referencing the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, suggesting that killing a wrong person is not a sin. On the other hand, this very same individual had committed the heinous act of brutally taking the lives of 40 people before reaching the age of 40.

The sight of blood and lifeless bodies would instill fear even in the most hardened criminals, yet this person would casually dine in the very room where he had carried out these horrific acts. When apprehended, there was no trace of remorse on his face. He remained as serene as a monk, despite the monstrous deeds he had committed.

The account unfolds on 20th October 2006 at Tihar jail, where an anonymous caller disclosed the unsettling news of a dead body at Gate No. 3. The macabre sight of a corpse in a basket outside one of Delhi's prominent correctional facilities left all in disbelief, suggesting a bold perpetrator that was not afraid of consequences. The letter found beneath the body succinctly conveyed the message: 'Catch me if you can'.

Whoever had kept this dead body there and wrote this letter, it was pretty obvious that they had a big grudge against the judicial system of the country. They wanted to tell how skilled they were with their work and how the police were not able to do their work properly.

Later during the investigation, the call received by the police on 20 October was traced to be from an STD booth. The watchman outside the booth was asked about it, who confirmed to have seen just one man. The same man with the Bihari accent, that had called the police. A sketch was drawn and the search started for the cold killer that was openly challenging the police and the judicial system.

On 25 April 2007, the police received one more call with a similar voice and the same stone-cold tone. Outside Tihar jail's Gate No. 3, one more time, on the same spot, a dead body was kept. The body was tied so tightly that any police present there wasn't able to open it.

A person from the crowd volunteered and he untied this body with his knife. As claimed by the killer in his later interviews, despite the police and so many people being there, the person who unwrapped the body was the killer himself. The deceased was hard to identify because only the body's torso was found outside Tihar jail, and the rest excluding the head at Hazari court.

A special unit of the police was formed to investigate this case. The Criminal Justice System knew that this was not an ordinary murderer. He was a psychopathic serial killer who had a lot of pride in his work.

Solving the case was becoming more difficult because the body wasn't being identified. Both the bodies that were found at Tihar jail were headless. Police had no idea whose body they were and where they were killed. The search for this murderer had begun in all of Delhi. Even during this dedicated search and investigation, the police got another piece of news. One more headless dead body was left outside Gate No. 3 with a letter. In the letter, he had suggested the police keep a big bounty on his head stating he was proud of what he was doing and deserved the recognition.

Shockingly, in the same letter he revealed that he's been murdering for 7-8 years. He stated if he doesn't kill someone, he loses his sanity. The real psychopathic traits in him were loud in the words he wrote in this letter. The police had to operate quickly. Gate No. 3 was starting to pile up body parts.

to be continued....

Author note: This story is based on a true crime investigation document. Please Subscribe for the next part, it is being published soon.