Ravinder Kumar (serial killer): Difference between revisions

'''Ravinder Kumar''' (born 1991) is a [[serial killer]] who embarked upon a 5-7 year raping and killing spree until his arrest on 19 July 2015. He targeted the children of poor families in [[New Delhi|Delhi]], [[Mundka]], [[Samaypur]], Badli, Begampur and Vijay Vihar and confessed to killing more than 30.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/delhi-serial-rapist-ravinder-kumar-admits-killing-30-children-2355078.html|title=Delhi serial rapist Ravinder Kumar admits to killing more than 30 children|date=21 July 2015|work=First Post}}</ref> His victims were primarily aged 4-6 years old. Police were able to link him with 15 of his confessed crimes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33621711|title=Has this Indian man really killed 30 children?|date=22 July 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref> His crimes commenced with the rape and murder of a labourer’s child from Samaypur Badli in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/WC5Ey3efB2xcZ7XMeW6X5K/The-badlands-of-Delhi.html|title=The badlands of Delhi|last=Sengupta|first=Rudraneil|date=23 July 2017|work=Live Mint}}</ref> Some media reports mention accomplices in some of Kumar's crimes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/serial-rapistmurderer-ravinder-kumar-was-drawn-only-to-children/article7448526.ece|title=I targeted children, none of them hit back: Delhi serial rapist|last=Sunny|first=Shiv|date=21 July 2015|work=The Hindu}}</ref>