Prayagraj:  The Police officials caught a serial killer in Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh. The serial killer Identified as Kalua Patel alias Subhash alias Sai Baba, the man has since confessed to committing as many as 10 murders in the past year.

As per the reports, Patel told police officials that his target were the people who made fun of him over his rumpled look. Police also recovered a blood-stained axe in his possession.

Nitin Tiwari, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Allahabad told that the UP police has been on the lookout for a serial killer for quite some time now. We initiated operation 'serial killer' about six months ago.   Tiwari also informed that a joint team of city police deployed at the Kumbh venue on Friday came across Patel who was seen carrying an axe. When questioned, Patel told police officials that he had murdered 10 people in the last year. He also said that the most of people he killed  were labourers sleeping on the pavements.

A senior police official told media personnel that the serial killer stalked his victims and struck them at night. He hit the victim's trachea with the axe resulting in instant death.