Ravinder Kumar (Serial Killer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ravinder Kumar

• In 1983, Ravinder Kumar’s family moved from Noorpur in Ganjdundwara, Uttar Pradesh, to New Delhi. His father, Brahmanand, sold their village house and went to Delhi to find work.

• He grew up in Delhi.

• Some villagers of Ganjdundwara remembered in media interviews that when he was a teenager, Ravinder Kumar used to visit his aunt Munni Devi’s village in Aligarh and hang around with his friends.

• He committed his first crime at the age of 17.

• His crimes started with the rape and murder of a labourer’s girl child in Samaypur Badli, New Delhi, in 2008. Ravinder Kumar kidnapped her from the Delhi Metro construction site and killed her. He then took her to a remote location, had sex with her body, and then disposed of her body.

• He became confident after escaping his first crime.

• In 2009, Ravinder Kumar kidnapped a labourer’s son from Vijay Vihar in New Delhi, sexually abused him, and strangled him. This time, a case was filed against him, but he escaped due to a lack of witnesses and evidence.

• According to the police, he would kill his victims if they refused to go with him. He usually committed his crimes in the late afternoon or early morning.

• Ravinder Kumar searched neighbourhoods for kids playing in front of their homes or near restrooms, attracting them with toffies and money. If the kids refused, he would fool them and take them away.

• In rare cases, if the victim promised not to tell anyone, he would let them go.

• Ravinder Kumar committed two crimes in Kanjhawala and Mundka in outer Delhi in 2011.

• In 2012, he targeted two 14-year-old children, who were known to his relatives, during a visit to his aunt’s house for a wedding in Aligarh. He let them go after they promised to keep quiet.

• Ravinder Kumar committed two crimes in Noida in 2013 while working as a cleaner for a transport company contractor.

• In 2014, he was arrested for assaulting a boy in Begumpur, South Delhi. He kidnapped the boy near his house and fled after slitting his throat, assuming the boy was dead. The boy survived, as police found him bleeding in a septic tank of an under-construction building. He got bail in the case because the police did not have any evidence against him.