Cyanide serial killer ‘poisoned’ 10 in AP

In a case that may turn out to be more sinister than Kerala’s ‘Cyanide Jolly’, Andhra Pradesh police have caught an alleged serial killer who murdered 10 people using potassium cyanide in just 20 months. Jolly is accused of killing six of her family members over 14 years. Police believe that Vellanki Simhadri, alias Siva, had planned to kill at least 20 more people. The police arrested Siva (38) for allegedly killing all his victims using cyanide. He allegedly murdered one person every two months since February 2018. Among Siva’s victims were his own grandmother, his sister-in-law, his landlady and a local religious preacher. Siva, a watchman-turned-real-estate-dealer, lured his victims by claiming he possessed magnetic rice grains, magical coins and a two-headed snake that would help them double their money and cure chronic ailments like diabetes.