Summary:
Reddy targeted lone homemakers, gaining entry into their houses on the pretext of asking for water or directions. Bengaluru police caught him over a robbery but he escaped and returned to Chitradurga where he committed his first killing. In March 1998, just a week after Jayashree’s rape and murder, Reddy was caught by the public in Peenya when he attempted to rape a woman. In May 2002, Reddy was charged with the rape and murder of 21 women in Chitradurga, Ballari, Bengaluru, Vadodara, and Kunigal - with seven in Bengaluru alone. In 2007, the 7th Fast Track Court, Bengaluru, sentenced Reddy to death for Jayashree’s rape and murder..