Santosh Pol

Santosh Pol (born 4 November 1974) is an Indian quack doctor[1] who confessed to killing six people from 2003 to 2016[2] in the town of Dhom, Maharashtra, allegedly by injecting them with succinylcholine, a neuro-muscular paralytic drug.[3] He was dubbed Dr. Death by the media for the incident.[3]

The names of his victims are Mangala Jedhe, Salma Shaikh, Jagabai Pol, Surekha Chikane, Vanita Gaikwad and Nathmal Bhandari.[4]

In the 2020 Marathi television series Devmanus, Kiran Gaikwad's character called Dr. Ajitkumar Dev is mainly based on Santosh Pol's life.

See also

References
  1. "Satara's 'Dr Death': Villagers respected yet shunned Santosh Pol". Hindustan Times. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "Maharashtra's 'Dr Death' confesses to 6 murders, 5 of them women". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. Waghmode, Vivek; Tanksale, Mihir. "Neighbours say they had no idea about Dr Death - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. "Maharashtra 'serial killer' doctor Santosh Pol confesses to six murders, say cops". Firstpost. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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