: MP serial killer held in 2018 seeks to turn new page, takes to reading religious books in jail #IndiaNEWS #India Bhopal: Adesh Khamra, a tailor from a small Madhya Pradesh town, is no ordinary offender

MP serial killer held in 2018 seeks to turn new page, takes to reading religious books in jail #IndiaNEWS #India
Bhopal: Adesh Khamra, a tailor from a small Madhya Pradesh town, is no ordinary offender he is accused of killing more than 30 people – but the 52-year-old is now seeking to turn a new leaf in his life by taking refuge in religious and motivational books in jail.
According to officials of Bhopals Central Jail, where Khamra is lodged, the undertrial is often found engrossed in religious scriptures , a far cry from his image of a dreaded man accused of committing heinous crimes.
The shocking murder of four security guards allegedly by a teenager, Shivprasad Dhurve (18), in Sagar district and Bhopal in less than a week recently has brought back the horrific memories of “serial killer??? Khamra.
He faced 34 cases of murder, which police claimed, he has admitted to committing after his arrest in 2018 – most of the victims were truck drivers but was acquitted in one of them.
“In my observation, Adesh Khamra has become a person unaffected by any circumstances. No emotion, happiness or sadness, affects him.
“He is educated and spends most of his time reading religious and motivational books though he had been a vicious criminal,??? a senior official told PTI while talking about behavioural changes noticed in him in prison.
The official, who was posted at the Bhopal Central Jail till recently, said Khamra has been kept with criminals facing murder charges and such inmates remain under constant monitoring of prison authorities.
“Khamra has been scrupulously following all rules of the jail. It seems he is aware law will catch up with him for his crimes, the official said.
The undertrial was acquitted in one of the cases recently due to lack of evidence, he said.
The jail official said the wife and son of the alleged serial killer occasionally visit the prison to meet him.
Nabbing Khamra, a tailor by profession in Mandideep, a small industrial town some 20km away from the state capital Bhopal, was not an easy task for the police.
“After a case of robbery and murder of a truck driver in the Bilkhiriya area in the outskirts of Bhopal was registered, we found clues about Khamras involvement and started chasing him.
“We followed the truck he had looted, through mobile interception, to Sultanganj in Uttar Pradesh, but when a police team reached there, he turned back for his home in Mandideep,??? said Bittu Sharma, now Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) posted in Bhopal.
Finally, the police team tracked him down to Misrod in Bhopal after following him for 16-18 hours, said the lady officer, who was then-city superintendent of police (CSP).
“Initially, we had no clue he was involved in heinous criminal activities.