Man convicted for cannibalism

Dec 01, 2012 |

Age Correspondent

Lucknow

A man found guilty of killing his victims and indulging in cannibalism has been convicted by a court in Allahabad.
The convict Raja Kalander alias Ram Niranjan (50), has been found guilty of killing a journalist Dhirendra Singh and several others. Dhirendra Singh was killed and his body was cut into several pieces and thrown into a river and a jungle. The trial in the case against Raja Kalander went on for more than 12 years.
The court, while convicting Kalandar, had observed that the murder of Dhirendra Singh was the rarest of rare case. The Investigations against Kalandar started in 2000 when Dhirendra Singh was killed and his family filed a case. During investigations, the police searched the house of district panchayat member Phoolan Devi where several articles belonging to Singh were recovered. The police also found 14 human skulls in the house.
Kalandar, who is Phoolan’s husband, admitted to the murders.
The prosecution described Kalander as a serial killer in the court as he was involved in the murder of 14 people. He reportedly killed his victims and then used to keep their skulls. His motive for carrying out the killings was to take revenge from his enemies and to increase his mental power.
The prosecution had also told the court that Kalandar used to eat certain body parts of his victims. He also used to throw body parts before pigs at a farmhouse.

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