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A man, accused in a series of murders and sexual assaults on women, was sentenced to death by a court here for the rape and killing of a schoolgirl in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district.
The bench comprise of the additional district and sessions judge Tapan Kumar Mondal of Kalna court. Kamaruzzaman Sarkar, who gained notoriety as a serial ‘chain’ killer for strangling his victims with bicycle chains, was sentenced to be hanged to death by after being found guilty of the rape and murder of the girl.He is being tried in other courts for alleged sexual assault and murder of at least five other women and murderous attacks on at least three other women in Purba Bardhaman and neighbouring Hooghly districts.
The alleged serial killer who targeted women when they were alone at home, was arrested in the town of Kalna in Purba Bardhaman district in June last year.
The 42-year-old, allegedly enter homes during afternoon hours on the pretext of taking electricity meter readings and then pounce upon the women with a cycle chain and an iron rod, according to the prosecution.
Some women had managed to escape attacks by the man, whose modus operandi was to strangulate them with a chain and then hit them on the head to ensure death.
He always escaped with precious jewels from houses of victims whereas according to police it seems that theft was not his superior motive. His main target was murdering women.
Police said that Sarkar, married with three children. He had even allegedly inserted sharp materials into the genitals of some of his victims following their deaths.
Following the murder of a middle-aged woman, the district police had circulated CCTV footage of a suspect wearing a red helmet and riding a red motorbike to all police stations, following which he was apprehended at a check-point.
Sarkar is suspected to have killed a woman of Anukhal area and another woman of Mermari on January 27 last year, police said.
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