’She’s not a psychopath, but a cold-blooded killer’

Serial killer Mallika loved to live the good life and would even steal from her own home, says cop who caught her. He now wants to write a book on her

'She's not a psychopath, but a cold-blooded killer'

Serial killer Mallika loved to live the good life and would even steal from her own home, says cop who caught her. He now wants to write a book on her

Harish M R, the sub-inspector who nabbed Mallika, India's first woman serial killer, wants to write a book on "the best case of his career".

Harish, posted at the Kalasipalya police station, caught the Cyanide Killer while she was trying to sell off jewellery stolen from her victims.

She confessed that she hated cooking and always wanted to eat out in expensive hotels and stay in them too. That's where her money went.u00a0

"She has no regrets or remorse, she killed defenceless people just to get money for her lavish life," he said. If she had not been caught, she would have continued with the killings, he added. "She's not a psychopath, but a cold-blooded killer."

She would even steal valuables from her husband and from her own house and make it appear like a theft, her family told Harish.

The case begins

Harish said when he read the reports of the murders, he saw a link. He asked for permission to investigate and senior inspector S K Umesh gave him a free hand.

u00a0"It took us several months to zero in on her," said Harish who visited the murder spots and gathered evidence and spoke to the people around.

"I got vital clues about her physical features from people who had seen her move around with the victims before they were murdered."

He also got a vital clue from the mobile number of the suspect and traced her with the help of the calls she made.u00a0 "Though it was a tedious job, we kept at it and our efforts bore fruit."

She not only confessed to the six murders that were investigated, but also spoke of unsolved murders in Mysore.

"I never realised this was such a major case. This could be the best case of my career and I want to pen it for my personal use for the time being," Harish said.

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