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The Rise and Fall of Auto Shankar


Shankar was born in Kangeyanallur near Vellore. While he was in PUC, his father left the family for Odisha. In the early 1970s, he came to Chennai, first living in a Mylapore slum before moving to the fast-developing area of Thiruvanmiyur on the outskirts of South Chennai.


Shankar had several wives.

He married his first wife, Jagadeeswari, early in his criminal career and had 4 children with her. and after failing to change his criminal ways she burned herself to death. His third wife, Lalitha, was a performer at a cabaret club he frequented...

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He survived by peddling cycle rickshaws, and later began to operate an auto, from which he got his nickname. At the time, the area was a criminal hotbed and Shankar began transporting illegal liquor (prohibition was in force), and Shankar soon realized the flesh trade had more money and less risk, thanks to its association with politically influential people who could keep the police in check. Over this time, Shankar became a don . His gang eliminated rivals either through the police or muscle. Babu was murdered in the early 1980s in T. Nagar for which the police arrested the brother of an actress. However, the case became hushed up due to the actress' clout. This experience led Shankar to focus more on the sex trade.

Shankar's third wife, Lalitha, ran off with a pimp and Shankar's friend, Sudalaimuthu, and started their own outfit in the sex trade. An enraged Shankar planned his revenge by pretending to reconcile with the two through mutual friends. One night in October 1987, he invited her to one of his places in Periyar Nagar, then killed and buried her. He then rented the house to an old widow for Rs. 150. Shankar told Sudalai that Lalitha was on an all-India tour with a VIP, and two months later invited him for dinner. Shankar loaded Sudalai with liquor, strangled him, burned his body, and dumped his ashes in the sea. He then had the house renovated and explained away the burn marks by claiming they were roasted meat. When Sudalai's friend Ravi confronted Shankar, Shankar killed him and buried him outside his Periyar Nagar plot. He claimed the burial was of illegal arrack that he was hiding from an upcoming police raid, and posted a false letter to his wife claiming Ravi was in fact in Mumbai.

By 1988, he had a multistorey house, cars, bikes, and connections that could do anything. On 29 May 1988, he and his gang were confronted by 3 members of a rival gang: Sampath, Mohan and Govindraj, who refused to pay for using his women and demanded protection money. Shankar invited them into his den, promising to pay them, and then beat them to death and buried them. At the end of June, Sampath's wife Vijaya filed a complaint with Mylapore police that her husband was missing and Shankar could be responsible. She was advised to file a complaint with Thiruvanmiyur police instead, who arrested Shankar on charges of causing a nuisance and released him. Vijaya sent a petition to the governor, who ordered the police to investigate Shankar. However the reluctant police told Vijaya to not bother them with complaints. A distraught Vijaya turned to her journalist neighbour, who published an article implying they might have been murdered.