On this date, July 6, 2020, Bengal’s serial killer AKA chain man, was sentenced to death for raping and murdering at least nine women.
Serial killer Kamruzzaman Sarkar at Kalna court in East Burdwan district of West Bengal. (Samir Jana/HT File Photo )
Bengal's serial killer and rapist 'chain man' sentenced to death, superstition had landed him in police net
A Bengal court on Monday sentenced a 38-year-old to death for raping and murdering at least nine women.
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A 38-year-old man from West Bengal, who killed at least nine women and raped two of the victims, has been sentenced to death in rape and murder case.
Kamruzzaman Sarkar or ‘chain man’ was arrested in June last year for raping and murder of a 16-year-old girl. Sarkar was sentenced to death in the case by a district court in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district on Monday.
Sarkar was charged in 15 cases -- two rape, seven murder and six attempt to murder, The Hindustan Times reported. The serial killer was also charged with sections related to robbery, the daily added.
All the crimes committed by Bengal’s serial killer took place between 2013 and 2019, while his victims were aged between 16 and 75 years.
THE CHAIN MAN
Sarkar would enter homes during afternoon hours on the pretext of taking electricity meter readings and then attack the women, some women who managed to escape the attacks by Sarkar told the court.
Sarkar’s modus operandi was to strangulate his victims with a cycle chain and then hit them on the head with an iron rod to ensure death. This had earned him the tags of ‘chain man’ in Bengal.
“He chose his prey carefully and usually struck in the afternoons, when the men of the houses were away at work. He would conduct a recce for two-three days to find out whether the woman he wanted to target was alone at home,” Bhaskar Mukherjee, SP, East Burdwan district was quoted as saying by HT.
Police said Sarkar originally hailed from Murshidabad district and used to stay with his wife, two sons and a daughter in East Burdwan.
THE RED CONNECTION
Sarkar’s downfall was brought on by his superstition, HT stated in its report. It was his red colour bike and helmet which led to his arrest last year.
Sarkar’s astrologer had told him that red was his lucky colour and so he continued using his bike and helmet even when some women managed to escape, police said.
Following the murder of the teen, the Bengal police had formed teams and taken help of volunteers to nab Sarkar. Two civic volunteers had alerted police a man on a red motorbike tried to speed past the barricade. He, however, lost his balance, and fell. Police had finally arrested the Bengal’s serial killer.
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The modus operandi of the 'chain man' of Bengal was to strangulate women with a chain and then hit them on the head to ensure death. (Photo:File Photo)
Bengal serial ‘chain’ killer sentenced to death for raping, killing schoolgirl
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.
Updated: Jul 08, 2020 10:22 IST
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Kanishka, Bardhaman
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.
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 the additional district and sessions judge Tapan Kumar Mondal of Kalna court after being found guilty of the rape and murder of the girl.
Sarkar, a small-time trader of discarded materials, 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.
Following the order on Monday, Sarkar’s lawyer said that an appeal will be filed before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the conviction and sentence.
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, attired in trendy clothes, would 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 diminutive man, whose modus operandi was to strangulate them with a chain and then hit them on the head to ensure death.
Though he would escape with some valuables from the houses of his victims, theft does not seem to be the motive.
Murdering the women seemed to be his main target, according to district police sources.
Police said that Sarkar, married with three children, 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 on January 27 last year, police said.
On April 4, 2019, two women were killed within a few hours of each other in the Memari police station area of Purba Bardhaman.
Another woman of Memari was also killed in the same manner, the police said.
Swarupa Bibi of Rongpara here was one of the lucky few to have escaped a similar attack. She was allegedly attacked from behind with a cycle chain, but she managed to shrug off the attacker and raise an alarm.
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