Targeting older women and killing them; UP's serial killer still at large

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh cops have made public the image of the serial killer who has evoked a sense of fear among the natives of Barbanki. The accused is marked by his characteristic trait of targeting older women and later killing them to leave the corpse naked. The Uttar Pradesh cops have turned vigilant with an extensive manhunt to capture the killer. The police have also requested the localities to share any information regarding the assailant who has been on the loose for some time now.

In a similar way, that crosses all senses of profanity, three elder women from the village were murdered by the killer. Mostly, the killer approaches women between 50 to 60 in age, and later murders them leaving the body naked in a secluded place. The modus operandi behind all three murders got the police to confirm the assailant to be a serial killer.

The first murder took place in Kusheti village in the Ayodhya district, where a 60-year-old was found dead in a secluded place with no clothes. Injuries on the head and face were marked. 11 days after this murder, another horrific incident unrolled with the victim being a middle-aged homemaker. The third and final murder took place on December 29th in Thatharha village. The middle-aged lady went out of her house to attend nature's call not aware of a creeping eye chasing her every move. All three murders followed the same pattern. As of now, the ladies in the Barbanki stay precarious not venturing out of their houses even in an emergency. The police and lawmakers are speeding up every bit to nab the predator while the people wait for normalcy to return.