Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/nascent_carbon/           On an October morning in 2006, on a foot overbridge close to Mumbai’s Marine Lines station, a lifeless body was found. The deceased, later identified as a taxi driver named Vijay Gaud, had been beaten to death. The incident didn’t get much notice. It was mentioned in a few newspapers, a vague investigation was carried out, and it was forgotten before long. A little more than two months later, on the morning of 14 December, another body showed up. This time, it was close to Churchgate station, the next stop after Marine Lines on the same local railway line. The victim, a male, was assumed to be a homeless vagabond. Oddly, an empty Kingfisher beer can was found beside the body. Over the next few weeks till 13 January, corpses kept turning up in the vicinity, and with increasing regularity. In all, seven bodies were found during this three-month period. Either stabbed or clubbed to death, in narrow lanes or foot over-bridges, all of them close to or between Churchgate and Marine Lines stations. Many of the victims were undressed waist down, indicative of sexual assault. Now there was alarm. A serial killer seemed to be on the loose. The police launched a manhunt, but the killer eluded them. Although only two victims were found with beer cans next to them, newspapers were quick to dub the serial killer the ‘Beer Man’. The cans, we were told by these reports, was his signature. References : https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/the-serial-killer-who-wasnt/  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Beer-killer-confesses-to-15-murders/articleshow/1624942.cms  https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mumbai-s-serial-killer-gets-life-term/story-kjm0LMx0WU4YTEepzV21ML.html  https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/mumbais-beer-man-is-rape-and-murder-suspect-481875#:~:text=Who's%20Ravindra%20Kantrole%3F,only%20link%20between%20the%20deaths.  https://gracekinirons.com/2018/06/04/murderer-monday-beer-man/  https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/mumbais-notorious-beer-killer-gets-life-term-36364-2009-01-01  https://roar.media/hindi/main/miscellaneous/beer-man-of-mumbai-a-serial-killer Mumbai's 'Beer Man' is rape and murder suspect The Serial Killer Who Wasn’t Ravindra Kantrole, accused of being Mumbai’s ‘Beer Man’ and acquitted in 2009 of serial murder, has opened a fast food stall while his lawyer has scripted a movie on his story 'Beer killer' confesses to 15 murders Mumbai's serial killer gets life term