Who is Raja Kolander? Suspected cannibal who murdered journalist and 'ate brains'

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serial killers.Netflix released its latest series on Wednesday September 7 in the form of Indian Predator: Diary of a Serial Killer.It gives an inside account into the murderer Raja Kolander who is in prison after killing a journalist.Included in the three episodes is an exclusive interview with a visibly aged Kolander, who protests his innocence and claims in the documentary that he was beaten up and forced to sign a confession.But diaries that police found were enough to convict him.This is the second series of Indian Predator, coming only months after the release of the first season, titled The Butcher of Delhi.The second series delves into the alleged gory exploits of Raja Kolander, a serial killer who had been using the alias Ram Niranjan.The Netflix synopsis states: "When a young, well-loved journalist goes missing in Allahabad, the entire community comes together to unearth the truth.“In the process they find an unlikely suspect — a small-time local politician’s husband.“Just when the police think the case is closed, they find a diary that has a list of 13 names along with that of the dead journalist."Raja Kolander, the husband of a local politician, was suspected of murdering a journalist in 2001.The body of Dhirendra Singh, a reporter with a Hindi daily newspaper called Aaj, was discovered cut into pieces and dumped in a river and a jungle.Phone tracking carried out by police led them to suspect Kolander of the brutal attack.During the investigation into his killing, officers discovered, after unearthing Kolander’s diary, that Singh was likely not his only victim.During Kolander’s trial, the 60-year-old admitted to practising cannibalism and burying 14 skulls in his home.He is said to have been part of a looting.