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{{short description|Indian serial killer}}
{{short description|Indian serial killer}}
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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
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'''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" />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Executed Indian serial killers]]
[[Category:People executed by India by hanging]]
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[[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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Latest revision as of 08:25, 12 March 2026


Kampatimar Shankariya
Shankariya in 1978
Bornc. 1952
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Died16 May 1979 (aged 27)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims70 confirmed
Span of crimes
1977–1978
CountryIndia
State(s)Rajasthan
Date apprehended
1978

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

Shankariya was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan in 1952 and arrested at the age of 26.[1][2] He confessed that he had killed at least 70 people in 1977–1978[3][unreliable source] for pleasure. He killed his victims by hitting them with a hammer on the neck below the ears, which gained him the moniker Kanpatimar (lit. 'one who hits under the ear'). He was convicted in early 1979 and was hanged at Jaipur on 16 May 1979.[1][2][4][5][6] He repented, and his last words before being hanged were: "I have murdered in vain. Nobody should become like me."[1][2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8160-6987-3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "हथौड़े मार 70 लोगों की हत्या करने वाले 'कनपटीमार' की खौफनाक दास्तान". aajtak.intoday.in (in हिन्दी). 14 September 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Up, Ankit Kaul-All Fact (18 April 2021). "India's Most Dangerous Serial Killer : Kampatimar Shankariya". Medium. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul (18 May 2017). The Serial Killer Files. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-3673-2.
  5. ↑ Newton, Michael (2008). Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-1725-6.
  6. ↑ Palmer, Alun (18 October 2014). "World's worst serial killers: Is Brazilian security guard to join list of most prolific mass murderers?". Mirror. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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