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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian serial killer}}<br />
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{{Infobox murderer<br />
| name=Mohan Kumar<br />
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| alias=Cyanide Mohan<br>Ananda<br>Bhaskara<ref>{{cite web|title=Mangalore: Neighbours, Family, Refuse to Accept Mohan as Serial Killer|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=67282}}</ref><br/>Bhaskar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Gruesome-Murders/2013/12/08/article1933287.ece|title=Gruesome Murders|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
| birth_date={{Birth year and age|1963}}<br />
| birth_place=[[Karnataka]], India<br />
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| victims=20<br />
| country=[[India]]<br />
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| beginyear= 2005<br />
| endyear= 2009<br />
| apprehended=October 21, 2009<br />
| penalty= [[death penalty]] <br />
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'''Mohan Kumar Vivekanand''' (born 1963), also known as '''Cyanide Mohan''', is a [[serial killer]] who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women.<br />
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He was accused of luring women who were unable to pay [[dowry]] or were unable to find suitable husbands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-23/mangalore/30432561_1_witnesses-court-premises-lawyer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108162620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-23/mangalore/30432561_1_witnesses-court-premises-lawyer|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-08|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Curious case of 'Cyanide' Mohan draws advocates}}</ref> He would kill them by giving them cyanide pills, claiming they were contraceptives, and rob them of their jewelry. He was charged with 20 murders and defended himself in court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-22/mangalore/30428618_1_witnesses-cases-special-public-prosecutor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108121524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-22/mangalore/30428618_1_witnesses-cases-special-public-prosecutor|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-08|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Cyanide Mohan's trial starts}}</ref> He was sentenced to death in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Serial killer Cyanide Mohan Kumar gets death penalty|url=http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Serial-killer-Cyanide-Mohan-Kumar-gets-death-penalty.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Karnataka High Court on 12 October 2017 reduced death penalty to life imprisonment. |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/oct/12/karnataka-high-court-reduces-serial-killer-cyanide-mohans-death-penalty-to-life-1671925.html}}</ref><br />
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Apart from murder, he was also alleged to have been involved in bank loan frauds and forgeries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=123284|title=Mangalore: Serial Killer Cyanide Mohan Also Cheated Teachers, Banks|work=daijiworld.com}}</ref> He was a primary school physical education teacher from 1980 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Teacher turns serial killer|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-22/mangalore/28112440_1_serial-killer-cyanide-cell-phone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608121831/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-22/mangalore/28112440_1_serial-killer-cyanide-cell-phone|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2013-06-08}}</ref><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:1963 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian serial killers]]<br />
[[Category:Male serial killers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian people convicted of murder]]<br />
[[Category:People convicted of murder by India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to death]]<br />
[[Category:Prisoners sentenced to death by India]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century criminals]]<br />
[[Category:2000s murders in India]]<br />
[[Category:2005 crimes in India]]<br />
[[Category:2005 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:2009 crimes in India]]<br />
[[Category:2009 murders in Asia]]<br />
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