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KD Kempamma, infamously known as Cyanide Mallika, is India's first convicted female serial killer. Commencing with her first murder in 1999 Kempamma killed 6 women over the next 8 years, 5 between October and December in 2007. She befriended victims from female temple devotees and portrayed herself as a deeply pious woman.
Jul 8, 2023 · Some of these cases were filed as ‘unnatural deaths’, but it took nearly a decade for the department to zero in on the culprit – K D Kempamma alias Cyanide Mallika, India’s first convicted woman serial killer.
Jun 8, 2021 · Cyanide Mallika was arrested and sentenced to death in 2012. Her death penalty was commuted to a life sentence at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Jail. She was the first person in the state of Karnataka to be sentenced to death.
Jan 10, 2018 · Kempamma, a 45-year-old at the time of her arrest, was given the moniker “Cyanide Mallika” as she killed multiple people in and around Bangalore in cold blood using potassium cyanide.
May 9, 2020 · K.D. Kempamma of Karnataka, popularly known as ‘Cyanide Mallika’ was probably India’s first convicted female serial killer. She is believed to have been responsible for the death of 6...
Feb 10, 2023 · One such is the case of Cyanide Mallika aka KD Kempamma. There are no official records, but it is widely believed that Kempamma was the first female serial killer to get convicted in India. Who was she and why did the mere mention of Kempamma’s name send chills down the spine of people even today?
Feb 18, 2017 · The 46-year-old Cyanide Mallika who's real name is KD Kempamma is known as the first lady serial killer of India. Started with small thefts at homes where she worked as a maid, Kempamma committed her first murder in 1999. Since then she killed five more women, most of them 'in distress' and fell for her con job of offering to pray for them.
Oct 8, 2019 · While there are no official records of it, it is widely reported that K D Kempamma aka 'Cyanide Mallika' is the first female serial killer to get convicted in India. Who is she?
Mar 6, 2024 · Between 1998 and 2007, Cyanide Mallika orchestrated the deaths of at least six women, primarily in Karnataka. Her modus operandi was methodical: she would gain her victims’ trust by posing as a holy woman, offering them solace and promises of healing.
Feb 16, 2021 · Inspired by the spine-chilling story of India's first woman serial killer, KD Kempamma alias Cyanide Mallika. Frustrated by lower middle-class lifestyle, she starts targeting innocent women visiting temples and kills them using cyanide before robbing valuables from them.
