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{{Infobox criminal<br />
| name = Chandrakant Jha<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}<br />
| birth_place = Ghosai, Madghepura, [[Bihar]]<br />
| known_for = Murder and dismemberment of former associates<br />
| criminal_charge = <br />
| criminal_penalty = Death sentence (commuted to life imprisonment)<br />
| conviction = Guilty on 3 counts of murder<br />
| victims = 7<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| states = [[Delhi]]<br />
| targets = Young male migrants<br />
| apprehended = 1998, 2003, May 2007<br />
| imprisoned = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Chandrakant Jha''' (born 1967) is a serial killer and probable [[Psychopathy|psychopath]] who befriended, then killed and dismembered 7 victims in [[west Delhi]] between 1998 and 2007. His first killing took place in 1998 for which he was arrested and held in jail until 2002, when he was released due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/serial-killer-chandrakant-jha-jobless-youths-rohini-court-death-penalty-154337-2013-02-19|title=Serial killer Chandrakant Jha ate dinner in the same room where his victims lay dead|last=Shakil|first=Shana|date=13 February 2013|work=India Today}}</ref> Following his release, he embarked upon a spate of killings. First Shekar and Umesh in 2003, Guddu in 2005, Amit in 2006 and Upender and Dalip in 2007. He would befriend migrant labourers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and help them get small jobs. Later, petty disputes over things like smoking, lying or being non-vegetarian would lead him to murder them by strangulation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/living-with-a-serial-killer/1082224/|title=Living with a Serial Killer|last=Chatterjee|first=Pritha|date=3 March 2013|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> Chandrakant took pleasure in taunting the police by leaving dismembered body parts around the city and outside the Tihar Jail with notes daring the police to catch him.<br />
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He was found guilty on three counts of murder and received two death sentences and life imprisonment until death in February, 2013<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/rohini-court-death-sentence-to-serial-killer-chandrakant-jha-153306-2013-02-05|title=Rohini Court awards death sentence to serial killer Chandrakant Jha|date=5 February 2013|work=India Today}}</ref> His death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment without remission in January 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livelaw.in/delhi-hc-commutes-death-sentence-of-serial-killer-chandrakant-jha-to-life-term-without-remission/|title=Delhi HC commutes death sentence of serial killer Chandrakant Jha to life term without remission|last=KM|first=Ashok|date=28 January 2016|work=Live Law}}</ref><br />
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Chandrakant worked as a hawker in Delhi weekly bazaars. He married twice, abandoning the first within one year. He has five daughters with his second wife. He mostly lived away from his family.<br />
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