India, June 24 -- A gruesome serial murder spree orchestrated by a "psycho killer" gripped a village in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar district, where a shopkeeper allegedly used lethal doses of borax powder to poison eight men over a period of four months, police said on Tuesday.

The 46-year-old accused, Ram Sahay Jaiswal, evaded suspicion for months by helping grieving families and even attending the funerals of his victims, police said.

He was arrested on Tuesday following two weeks of investigation and over a month after he killed his last victim.

The chilling murders took place between February and May this year in Kharve village under Kasdol police station limits, officials said.

According to police, Jaiswal, said to be a "psycho ki...