Ravinder Kumar (born 1991) is an Indian
serial killer
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders three or more people,An offender can be anyone:
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rapist,
child molester
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whet ...
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necrophile who committed the abduction, rape, and
murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...
of a minimum of fifteen children between 2008 and 2015. He was apprehended on 19 July 2015 and confessed to murdering thirty children in total. He targeted the children of poor families in
Delhi
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Mundka,
Samaypur, Badli, Begampur and Vijay Vihar and confessed to killing more than 30. His victims were primarily aged 4–6 years old. Police were able to link him with 15 of his confessed crimes. His crimes commenced with the rape and murder of a labourer's child from Samaypur Badli in 2008. Some media reports mention accomplices in some of Kumar's crimes.
Apprehension
Kumar shocked investigators with his confession to at least 36 rapes and murders, many described in accurate detail. Police initially doubted his claims until his information helped
exonerate a man wrongly accused in one case.
Trial and sentencing
In May 2023, Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court on Thursday for the 2015 abduction, rape, and murder of a six-year-old girl. The case had led to the exposure of his broader crimes, committed between 2007 and 2015. Judge Sunil Kumar called the act predatory and said it "shaken the conscience of society," denying any leniency.
Despite his confessions, Kumar was charged in only three cases due to lack of evidence. He had previously been sentenced to 10 years in one case in 2019. In this latest conviction, he was found guilty under multiple sections of the IPC and the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The court also ordered ₹1,500,000 in compensation to the victim’s family.
See also
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List of serial killers by country
This is a list of notable serial killers, by the country where most of the killings occurred.
Convicted serial killers by country Afghanistan
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List of serial killers by number of victims
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.''Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying'' entry o"Serial Killers" (2003) by Sa ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Ravinder
1991 births
Indian murderers of children
Indian people convicted of child sexual abuse
Indian people convicted of murder
Indian serial killers
Living people
Necrophiles
People from Budaun
Indian people convicted of rape
Criminals from Uttar Pradesh
Murder in Delhi
Criminals from Haryana