Span of killings 1977–1978 Criminal penalty Capital punishment | Victims 70+ Country India Name Kampatimar Shankariya Convictions Murder Date apprehended 1978 | |
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Born 1952 (age 26-27) India Died 16 May 1979 (aged 26-27) | ||
CRIME INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTARY OF SERIAL KILLER KANPATIMAR SHANKARIYA हथौड़ा आदमी कम्पातिमर शंकरिया
Kampatimar Shankariya (1952 – 16 May 1979) was an Indian serial killer who was executed for the murders of at least 70 people with a hammer. He was convicted and sentenced to death in early 1979.
He claimed that killing provided him with pleasure. His final words before being hanged were "I have murdered in vain," he said. "Nobody should become like me."
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