India, Feb. 10 -- A man attacked four persons with a knife in a span of five hours in Bengaluru's Indranagar area on February 8 evening, the city police said on Monday, triggering rumours on social media that a serial killer was on the loose.

Police said the four persons sustained knife injuries in the attack and were out of danger.

Deputy commissioner of police (Bengaluru East) D Devaraj countered speculation about the attacks. "The suspect has been identified as one Kadamba, who is known in police records as a mobile phone thief and drunkard. He committed the attacks in a drunken state," Devaraj said. The district police officer said Kadamba was a resident of the Byappanahalli slum near Indiranagar and was last spotted in Hoskote in r...