Sasikala neighbour ‘Cyanide’ Mallika shifted

A convicted serial killer housed next to the cell of AIADMK leader VK Sasikala in Parappana Agrahara central prison was shifted to Hindalga prison in Belagavi, north Karnataka, early this week.

The news that Sasikala was put up in a cell next to that of ‘cyanide killer’ Mallika+ , aka KD Kempamma, 52, in the women’s barracks had made headlines late last week in the backdrop of allegations that the AIADMK leader’s life was under threat.

‘Cyanide’ Mallika, possibly the country’s first woman serial killer, has been accused of killing six women. She allegedly identified rich women frequenting temples in and around Bengaluru, befriended them and killed them using cyanide before making off with their jewellery.