Wife elopes, man kills 18 women

Blurb: Andhra serial killer committed these murders over 24 years

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, January 27

The Hyderabad police have arrested a serial killer who has reportedly killed 18 women in the past 24 years.

Announcing the arrest of serial killer Maina Ramulu (45), Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said the accused started killing women after his wife eloped with another man.

Anjani Kumar said Ramulu, a labourer, was picked up in connection with an investigation into the murder of two women in the Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad.

A resident of Borabanda in Hyderabad, Ramulu was arrested in a joint operation by the Hyderabad and Rachakonda police.

The police found that he was already involved in 16 cases of murder and had 21 criminal cases registered against him.

Ramulu had escaped from the Erragadda Mental Hospital prison in 2011 while undergoing life imprisonment in another case.