Man confesses to multiple child murders

NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they are investigating whether a man arrested for the murder and sexual assault of a sixyear-old girl may have been a serial child killer after he confessed to 14 more crimes.

Ravinder Kumar made the confession after he was arrested in New Delhi on Thursday, Delhi police deputy commissioner Vikramjeet Singh told AFP.

Singh said police questioned the 24-yearold labourer after discovering he had been detained in a separate assault case last year and released on bail.

“We specifically arrested Ravinder Kumar over the assault and murder of a sixyear-old girl,” he said.

“After we realised that he had previously been arrested in a similar case, we interrogated him and he told us of at least 14 other cases.”

A police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Kumar had confessed to the “assault and murder of 14 or 15 children over the last few years”.

“We are in the process of ascertaining all his claims and separate teams are looking at every claim,” the officer told AFP.

Police arrested Kumar after finding his identity card at a construction site where they discovered the body of the six-year-old victim, who had gone missing last week.

Kumar, hooded and flanked by two police officers, told NDTV news channel he killed his victims after assaulting them while drunk.

“I lose control over my mind after consuming excessive alcohol and must have assaulted and killed around 14 or 15 children,” he said. – AFP