country states conviction alias birth_place sentence birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name
india karnataka , maharashtra , gujarat murder rape rajulu , ramesh , venkatesh basappa malige , karnataka , india death 1969 18 + 1996 ba umesh umesh reddy
 2002 umesh reddy
umesh reddy

umesh reddy -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is a serial rapist and killer from india .
he confessed to killing 18 women , and was convicted in 9 cases .
the police believe that he raped at least 20 women in the states of karnataka , maharashtra and gujarat .
the police suspect that several of his crimes have not been reported , because the victims feared social stigma .
reddy has been sentenced to death by the supreme court of india , and is currently on death row .
