Serial Rapist, Killer Commits Suicide In Prison 

Bengaluru: Serial rapist and murderer  Jaishankar, notoriously known as "Psycho Shankar", allegedly committed suicide at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison here to today, police said.

He slit his throat with a shaving blade at around 2 AM, they said, adding that the incident came to light when night beat guards were on their rounds near his cell.

Jaishankar was first shifted to the jail hospital and  later to the state-run Victoria hospital in the city, where he succumbed to injuries around 5:15 AM.

Jaishankar, who made a sensational escape from the high  security central prison on September 1, 2013, was arrested a couple of days later.

Considered a psychopath, he was imprisoned following his conviction in a case relating to trespass, rape and murder.

Jaishankar had committed crimes in both Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

He hailed from Kanyapattanam Konasamudra village in  Tamil Nadu's Salem district. (PTI)