Raja Kolander: The Cannibal Serial Killer Who Made Brain Soup and Kept Skulls

• Raja Kolander, also known as Ram Niranjan, was a notorious serial killer from Uttar Pradesh known for cannibalism and extreme cruelty.
• He would kill victims, remove their brains to make 'soup,' believing it would increase his intelligence, and collect their skulls.
• His crimes came to light in 2000 after the disappearance of journalist Manoj Kumar Singh, whose mobile phone led police to Kolander's farmhouse.
• Police found human skeletons and skulls at his farmhouse, and a diary detailing 14 murders, which he called a 'register of deaths'.
• Kolander was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 for Manoj Singh's murder and is currently serving his sentence in a Uttar Pradesh jail.

Why It Matters: Raja Kolander, a cannibalistic serial killer, committed gruesome murders, made brain soup, and collected skulls.