'Serial killer' of MP: 'Angry' young man and a loner who wanted to be 'famous'
India Today
Police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old serial killer who allegedly bludgeoned four security guards to death and was driven by an urge to “become famous.”
An 18-year-old school dropout accused of killing four security guards in a span of just six days in Sagar and Bhopal cities of Madhya Pradesh was a loner and harboured unexplained "anger" since his childhood, according to residents of his village.
The alleged serial killer, Shivprasad Dhurve, alias Shiva and Halku, was identified from his Aadhaar card and arrested by the police on Friday. He is a resident of Kekra village in Sagar district.
He targeted sleeping security guards and killed three of them in Sagar district and the fourth one in Bhopal, police said. The first three killings came in a space of 72 hours earlier in the week, while the fourth victim, from Bhopal, fell prey a few hours before Dhurve was arrested.
The 18-year-old has studied up to Class 8 and knows a little bit of English. He was a loner who largely kept to himself, according to his acquaintances, including Basant Mehar, deputy sarpanch of Kekra village where he grew up before becoming a monster.
According to residents of Kekra, Dhurve, whom they call “Shiva”, harboured "anger" since childhood, but did not provide any plausible reason for him nursing the strong negative feeling.
He is the youngest among four siblings. His elder brother works as a labourer in Pune, while both his sisters are married, they added.
His father owns 1 to 1.5 acres of agricultural land from which the family ekes out a living, the villagers said.
