Serial rapist ‘Psycho’ Shankar dies in Bengaluru jail

He slit his throat with a sharp object at 2 am, they said, adding that the incident came to light when night beat guards were on their rounds near his cell. 

Jaishankar was first shifted to the jail hospital and  later to the state-run Victoria hospital in the city, where he succumbed to injuries around 5:15 am. Jaishankar, who made a sensational escape from the high  security central prison on September 1, 2013, was arrested a couple of days later. 

Considered a psychopath, he was imprisoned following his conviction in a case relating to trespass, rape and murder. He had committed crimes in both Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu. He hailed from Kanyapattanam Konasamudra village in Salem district.