Who Was Mumbai’s Beer Man? The Killer Mystery That Shocked Mumbai | Crime Seen

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Between October 2006 and January 2007, a series of mysterious murders terrified South Mumbai. Homeless men and other vulnerable people were found dead near railway stations and isolated locations, with an eerie common clue appearing near several bodies — an empty beer can. The media soon gave the unknown killer a chilling name: the “Beer Man.” Police eventually arrested Ravindra Kantrole and linked him to three of the murders. He was convicted in one case and sentenced to life imprisonment, but was acquitted in the other cases. In September 2009, the Bombay High Court acquitted Kantrole of all three murders he had been charged with, citing lack of evidence. So who was the real Beer Man? Was Mumbai’s mysterious serial killer ever actually identified? In this episode of Crime Seen, we revisit the Beer Man mystery, the murders that shook South Mumbai, the investigation, Ravindra Kantrole’s arrest, the evidence against him, his conviction and the shocking court verdict that left the la

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