Editing Auto Shankar (section)

{{Short description|Indian criminal}}
{{About||the unrelated 2005 film|Auto Shankar (film)}}
{{About||the biographical web series|Auto Shankar (web series)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox serial killer
| name              = Auto Shankar
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|1|21}}
| birth_place       = [[Kangeyanallur]], [[Vellore]], India
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|4|27|1954|1|21}}
| cause             = [[Execution by hanging]]
| victims           = 6
| country           = [[India]]
| states            = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| beginyear         = 1975
| endyear           = 1989
| apprehended       = 
| conviction_status = [[Executed]]
| penalty           = [[Capital punishment|Death]]
| birth_name        = Gowri Shankar
| death_place       = Salem Central Prison, [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| conviction        = [[Murder]] (6 counts)
}}

'''Gowri Shankar''' (21 January 1954 – 27 April 1995), better known as '''<nowiki/>'Auto' Shankar''', was an Indian criminal, murderer and gangster from [[Tamil Nadu]], who was active in [[Chennai]] throughout the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=K.M.|title=The mass murderer of Madras|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EoZlAAAAIBAJ&dq=auto%20shankar&pg=1032%2C3469058|access-date=2 January 2013|agency=[[The Indian Express]]|date=9 September 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Auto Shankar, two others sentenced to death|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PIxlAAAAIBAJ&pg=817%2C2582855|access-date=2 January 2013|agency=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 June 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Veerappan's widow pleads against telecast of serial|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/veerappans-widow-pleads-against-telecast-of-serial/509923|access-date=2020-12-28|website=outlookindia.com}}</ref>