Not your ordinary ‘Mallika’: Inside the mind of India’s first female serial killer

Bengaluru’s chilling serial murderer, Cyanide Mallika, preyed on vulnerable women by posing as a devout devotee. She gained their trust, lured them to isolated locations for rituals, and poisoned them with cyanide, stealing their valuables. Her calculated crimes, often dismissed as mysterious deaths, were uncovered after her arrest in 2007.