R. KUPPUSAMY
AKA "Pudukottai serial killer"
Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Robbery - Rape
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: April-June 2009
Date of arrest: July 22, 2009
Date of birth: 1977
Victims profile: Anjalai, 19 / Chellammal, 65 / Vallikannu, 38 / Thiruvayi, 40 / Karupayi, 70
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Status: Sentenced to five life sentences on December 18, 2013
Pudukottai serial killer gets life term
By M. Balaganessin - TheHindu.com
December 19, 2013
The Mahila Court here on Wednesday convicted a serial killer to undergo five life sentences to run consecutively for murdering five women in the district between April and June 2009.
Judge M. Pitchammal found R. Kuppusamy (36) of Konnaiyampatti near Ponnamaravathy guilty in each crime, one of which was a rape and murder. In all the five murders, Kuppusamy robbed the victims of jewellery after strangulating them to death.
The first murder he committed was on April 9 at Therkku Thalampatti near Namanasamuthiram where the victim was a 19-year-old girl Anjalai. A month later, he murdered Chellammal (65) at Chathirapatti village near Viralimalai. The third was a rape and murder case of a 38-year-old woman Vallikannu reported at Kakkathikulam near Viralimalai in June first week. The same month he killed two more women – Thiruvayi (40) and Karupayi (70) at Puthambur village near Pudukottai and destroyed the evidence in one case.
The Judge also sentenced Kuppusamy to undergo 10 years of imprisonment each for committing robbery in every case.
