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<div>{{short description|Indian serial killer}}<br />
{{Infobox criminal<br />
| birth_date = {{circa}} 1952<br />
| death_date = 16 May 1979 (aged 26–27)<br />
| conviction = Murder<br />
| death_cause = [[Capital Punishment]]<br />
| victims = 70 confirmed, 90-100 suspected<br />
| beginyear = 1977<br />
| endyear = 1978<br />
| country = India<br />
| states = Rajasthan<br />
| apprehended = 1978<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kanpatimar Shankariya''' (1952 – 16 May 1979) was an Indian serial killer. <br />
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He was born in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]] in 1952 and arrested at the age of 26.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DwNVbOcTncwC&q=kampatimar+shankariya&pg=PA239|title=The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers|last=Newton|first=Michael|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8160-6987-3|location=|pages=239|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/crime/story/unknown-facts-about-indian-serial-killer-kampatimar-shankariya-from-rajasthan-1-887624.html|title=हथौड़े मार 70 लोगों की हत्या करने वाले 'कनपटीमार' की खौफनाक दास्तान|date=2016-09-14|website=aajtak.intoday.in|language=hi|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref> He confessed that he had killed at least 70 people in 1977-1978 <ref>{{Cite web|last=Up|first=Ankit Kaul-All Fact|date=2021-04-18|title=India’s Most Dangerous Serial Killer : Kampatimar Shankariya|url=https://all-fact-up.medium.com/indias-most-dangerous-serial-killer-kampatimar-shankariya-c0ca38647657|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> for pleasure. He killed his victims by hitting them with a hammer on the neck below the ears, which gained him moniker ''Kanpatimar'' ({{Literally|one who hits under ear}}). He was convicted in early 1979 and was [[hanging|hanged]] at Jaipur on 16 May 1979.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wu1oDQAAQBAJ&q=kampatimar+shankariya&pg=PT11|title=The Serial Killer Files|last=Simpson|first=Paul|date=2017-05-18|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-4721-3673-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mknzvz_5CiEC&q=kampatimar+shankariya&pg=PA89|title=Serial Killers|last=Newton|first=Michael|date=2008|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1725-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/worlds-worstle-serial-killers-brazilian-4452356|title=World's worst serial killers: Is Brazilian security guard to join list of most prolific mass murderers?|last=Palmer|first=Alun|date=2014-10-18|website=Mirror|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref> He repented, and his last words before being hanged were: "I have murdered in vain. Nobody should become like me."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of serial killers by country]]<br />
* [[List of serial killers by number of victims]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian serial killers]]<br />
[[Category:1952 births]]<br />
[[Category:1979 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jaipur]]<br />
[[Category:People executed by India by hanging]]<br />
[[Category:Executed serial killers]]<br />
[[Category:Male serial killers]]<br />
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