A 45-year-old man, who was allegedly involved in 18 cases of murder of women, besides other offences, was arrested here on Tuesday, police said.

With his arrest, two recent cases of murder of women have been detected.

The man, a stone cutter, was apprehended by the sleuths of city police Task Force and the police of Rachakonda Commissionerate.

He started his criminal activity in 2003, targeting single women by offering them money for sexual favours.

He would kill his victims after consuming liquor or toddy with them and then flee after stealing their valuables, police added.

Ramulu hails from Sanga Reddy district. When he was 21-years old, his parents performed marriage with a woman, who later eloped with another person. "Since then he bore a grudge against women and committed serial killings of women," the police commissioner said.

According to the police, he earlier committed 16 murders between 2003 and 2019. In a murder case in 2009, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. While undergoing the sentence he escaped with five others from Erragadda mental hospital on December 12, 2011. After the escape, he committed five more murders. He was re-arrested in 2013 but was released after securing bail from the High Court in 2018.

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