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	{{Infobox criminal		{{Infobox criminal
	\| birth_date = {{circa}} 1952		\| birth_date = {{circa}} 1952
	\| death_date = 16 May 1979 (aged ~~26–27~~)		\| death_date = 16 May 1979 (aged 27)
	\| conviction = Murder		\| conviction = [[Murder]]
	\| death_cause = [[~~Capital Punishment~~]]		\| death_cause = [[Execution by hanging]]
	\| victims = 70 confirmed~~, 90-100 suspected~~		\| victims = 70 confirmed
	\| beginyear = 1977		\| beginyear = 1977
	\| endyear = 1978		\| endyear = 1978
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	\| states = Rajasthan		\| states = Rajasthan
	\| apprehended = 1978		\| apprehended = 1978
			\| criminal_penalty = [[Capital punishment\|Death]]
			\| criminal_status = [[Executed]]
			\| birth_place = [[Jaipur, Rajasthan]], India
			\| death_place = Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
			\| image = File:Kampatimar Shankariya.webp
			\| caption = Shankariya in 1978
	}}		}}

	'''~~Kanpatimar~~ Shankariya''' (1952 – 16 May 1979) was an Indian serial killer.		'''Kampatimar Shankariya''' (1952 – 16 May 1979) was an Indian [[serial killer]].

	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" />		Shankariya 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=14 September 2016\|website=aajtak.intoday.in\|language=hi\|access-date=28 November 2019}}</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=18 April 2021\|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=19 May 2021\|website=Medium\|language=en}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=April 2025\|certain=y}} for pleasure. He killed his victims by hitting them with a hammer on the neck below the ears, which gained him the moniker ''Kanpatimar'' ({{Literally\|one who hits under the 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=18 May 2017\|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=18 October 2014\|website=Mirror\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=28 November 2019}}</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" />

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	~~[[Category:Indian serial killers]]~~
	[[Category:1952 births]]		[[Category:1952 births]]
	[[Category:1979 deaths]]		[[Category:1979 deaths]]
			[[Category:Executed Indian serial killers]]
			[[Category:People executed by India by hanging]]
	[[Category:People from Jaipur]]		[[Category:People from Jaipur]]
	[[Category:~~People executed by India by hanging~~]]		[[Category:Indian people convicted of murder]]
	[[Category:~~Executed serial killers~~]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian murderers]]
	[[Category:~~Male serial killers~~]]		[[Category:Crime in Rajasthan]]


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{{short description|Indian serial killer}}
{{Infobox criminal
| birth_date = {{circa}} 1952
| death_date = 16 May 1979 (aged 26–27)
| conviction = Murder
| death_cause = [[Capital Punishment]]
| victims = 70 confirmed, 90-100 suspected
| beginyear = 1977
| endyear = 1978
| country = India
| states = Rajasthan
| apprehended = 1978
}}

'''Kanpatimar Shankariya''' (1952 – 16 May 1979) was an Indian serial killer.

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" />

== See also ==
* [[List of serial killers by country]]
* [[List of serial killers by number of victims]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian serial killers]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jaipur]]
[[Category:People executed by India by hanging]]
[[Category:Executed serial killers]]
[[Category:Male serial killers]]

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