Public enemies.
Hidden in the crowds of common Bengalis,
lay monsters in human disguise.
This tale...
is about Kalna's serial killer...
Chain Man.
Oh no!
Who's there?
Who is it?
Hey! Who are you!
Stop right there!
Who are you?
-From the electricity office, ma'am. -Hmm?
-I came to check the meter.
Electricity office?
-Hmm.
Did Mr Tapan send you?
Yes...
Mr Tapan sent me.
Mr Tapan... okay...
Yes, the meter box is at the back of the house, I hardly go there.
Yes, I saw that. But...
the problem is nothing serious. I did my job.
But, you should keep the meter box clean.
-Hmm... -Bye.
-Listen.
Take out everything you stole!
Come on!
There is no one...
called Mr Tapan, okay?
And the meter box?
It's right there!
What?
Didn't you hear me?
If I gather the neighbours, they will skin you alive!
What did you steal? Give it all back! Come on!
Hurry up!
Oh, God!
Hey, what else did you steal?
Hey...
Hey!
What are you doing?
Huh? What's that?
What?
What...
Don't come near me!
Don't you dare...
I will shout...
I was about to get caught!
Sly b***h!
No...
Not alive.
Some people...
love having biriyani.
Some love...
visiting the mountains.
And I love tying a chain around the neck
to murder people.
Guess what's my count?
The 12th one, sir.
Forensic hasn't confirmed yet.
But the pattern matches the previous cases.
How?
Sir, he kills by hitting the head with a heavy object first.
And then the obsession with red clothes.
Look, like all previous victims, she too is dressed in red.
And, sir, all the murders happened from one to three in the afternoon.
All the victims are female, who were alone at home.
The colour, red.
The killer only targets those dressed in red.
What do you think? Is our murderer politically biased or a raging bull?
-Sir, what... -How long's this been going on for?
Five years, sir.
-Chain Man. This guy, Kamruzzaman...
You could say, as a serial killer of the recent times in Bengal,
he is quite unique.
This man, from 2013 to 2019,
was active in Bardhaman,
and committed a string of murders.
The postmortem reports said
they were all choked & strangled to death by obstructing the trachea.
It was those postmortem reports that first revealed
that a chain was being used as the murder weapon.
That's why the media named him as the Chain Man.
My name is Saptarshi Shome.
I've been a journalist for 28 years.
The Chain Man is the most horrific serial killer that I've seen.
Yes?
If you can't feed him, why have a son?
What's wrong? Tell me?
I'm at work.
Really? You're at work?
Unless we pay by today, our son will be thrown out of school.
Okay, I'll try & find a way.
Yes, keep trying.
Roaming the roads like a hero, you're just a dead body in bed.
I doubt your manhood!
You're good for nothing! You should be ashamed!
But...
How did we have a son if I am no man at all?
Who knows!
Listen, hurry up & send the money!
Give me a lottery ticket.
Here. The luckiest ticket of 2013!
Just shut your eyes and go all in!
-Just shut my eyes and go all in? -Yep!
Ah.
I guess that's how my son was born.
Lend me a beedi, son...
You will be blessed!
Cigarette?
Go.
It'll be done.
What will be done?
Want to get rich, right?
Who told you?
Can't afford beedis, yet...
you prefer cigarettes?
Wow, Babaji!
First, you borrow from me, then berate me?
-Don't worry.
I'll have a word.
-With whom?
Oh.
Which SIM carries this connection?
What you have...
has grown cold.
Heat it up.
Your blood!
Blood.
Your blood has gone cold.
Make it boil.
Now come on, give me one more.
What is the colour of blood?
You know...
What is the colour of blood?
Red.
Good job.
Focus on the colour, red.
Good luck will focus on you.
Focus on the colour, red.
Okay, bye.
I'll be back in the morning. Be safe.
-Hmm.
-Bye...
Who is that?
Who are you? What are you doing here?
I'm from the electricity office, ma'am.
Then why are you fleeing like a thief?
Hey! Thief! Who's there! Help!
-No, I came to check the meter... -A thief! Help!
Thief! Help! Save me! Thief!
-Yes...
I've got the money.
I'll send it.
Whom did you borrow from?
Why will I borrow money?
I earned it.
Don't lie to me, you're not stealing, are you?
You're something! Can't you speak some sweet words sometimes?
How can I speak sweet words? I live with a lifeless corpse!
Oh, hello, brother!
Hey!
What did I say, it's the luckiest ticket of 2013!
Show me the ticket!
-Why? -Just show me!
Here...
You've won twenty five thousand, man!
I'll take my cut! Come to the shop!
Now?
It's time to paint the town red!
You have red underpants?
-Oh!
You are still alive?
Would you be happier if I had died?
-Pay the due rent and then die.
Here.
Today must be my lucky day!
Listen...
I'm looking to sell this bike.
Let me know if you know a good buyer.
-Thief! Help! Save me! Thief!
Does it go fast?
Is it any good?
What are you saying?
Fix it up a bit and it'll run like the wind!
It reaches sixty in ten seconds!
Gives a mileage of 45 kilometers!
-Everything is okay.
Now give her a coat of paint and it'll look brand new!
Should I paint it a matte black?
It won't shine, but... -No.
-Focus on the colour, red.
Good luck will focus on you.
Paint it red.
-Red? -Yes.
The colour of blood!
A bright blood red.
Alright, I'll do that.
-Focus on the colour, red.
Focus on the colour, red.
-Excuse me. -Yes?
Give me a solid iron rod...
-Sure. -And...
a chain too.
People don't usually buy these two things together.
-No, I came to check the meter... -Help! Thief! Save me!
Self defence.
What?
You see...
it gets late coming home from work.
It's for my safety.
The stray dogs in my area are really dangerous!
-Oh... -Last month...
three people died.
From rabies.
Give me.
-We can never forget the name, Chain Man!
He used to break into houses in the afternoon.
His activities spanned from 12pm to 4pm.
Pretending to read the electricity meter,
he'd enter the houses & target defenceless women who were alone.
No matter what their ages were.
He used to commit the crime of murder and rape.
Why would anyone kill someone without any motive?
It's obvious that in all the cases he was psychologically triggered.
And in most cases, it's seen that the clothes worn by his victims...
they were all red in colour. Maybe a red sari or nighty,
which triggered him.
Who's there?
Who is it?
Go prank your own family members! Bunch of monkeys!
Help!
Leave me!
Save me! Who are you?
Who... who are you?
Help!
Let me go! Leave me!
-What you have, has gone cold.
-I doubt your manhood!
You're good for nothing! You should be ashamed!
Roaming around like a hero, but you're just a dead body in bed.
I doubt your manhood!
You're good for nothing! You should be ashamed!
When these incidents were happening, from the similarity in the pattern
the police wondered, could it be the same killer?
Necrophilia is a horrific mental disease.
Kamruzzaman was strangely prone to
inflicting sexual torment on the dead bodies.
Which is rarest of rare.
Such people are called necrophiliacs.
Dead bodies don't repel them.
They can torture and rape them very easily.
It's always the same thing, a chemical imbalance.
The chemical reactions in the brain.
Kamruzzaman, the Chain Man, people like him,
don't have oxytocin or serotonin. They are basically devoid of these.
If someone has a very low level of serotonin
they don't feel sympathy, guilt, love... any of it.
This sexual curiosity or hunger...
When they are failing at it at other times,
then try to find that gratification, applying it on a woman who's dead.
Sometimes, in their genitals,
in their private parts,
he tried inserting a roller, compass, bottle...
He tried everything.
So heinous and hellish!
Only so that his ego, his psyche, could be satisfied!
Probably the first time it was found in a serial killer in India.
-Exactly what I'm thinking.
Why didn't the killer's semen or saliva on the victim?
I thought the killer's very careful.
-Yes, sir. He doesn't penetrate himself.
He always uses some object.
To insert. I mean... sir... -Why are you hesitating?
You're not the one committing these murders.
He used a flower vase in the last case.
Hmm, I get it. A psycho.
Anyway. Where were you in the morning?
All the survivors have said that the man had come to check the meter
from the electricity department. So, sir, I had gone there--
-You couldn't confirm anything, right?
-No. -Obviously.
You see, I thought...
the electricity department does employ people to read the meters.
That's why-- -They have proper identification.
There's data on them.
You really think this guy would take such a risk?
Someone who has been killing for so many years,
would he risk exposing his real identity?
Never.
Neither to the public, nor to the victims.
No use making deductions.
It's time to work on prevention. -Hmm.
-Do one thing. -Yes, sir.
Alert the civic police, Panchayat police & local clubs.
-Okay, sir. -Any suspicions, they must report.
-Sure, sir.
-Urgent announcement!
Be vigilant, be safe.
Don't open the door to strangers before confirming their identities.
If you see anyone suspicious
report immediately to your local police station.
We are requesting women to stay vigilant.
Be vigilant, be safe.
-As soon as it was announced, people did become vigilant & aware.
But now they were scared as well.
The most pathetic part of this whole story:
He even killed a 13-year-old girl.
In a cruel, brutal manner.
How many girls must die for the system to feel ashamed?
Kalna police, feel some shame, feel some shame!
Woman power is rising!
The police are trembling in fear!
Yes, sir?
Sir...
But, sir, we...
Give us seven days.
If we can't catch him in seven days,
hand it over to the CBI.
-Please give way. -Just seven more days, sir.
Thank you, sir. Jai Hind, sir.
-Sir, can we talk inside?
Sir, we found this in the CCTV footage of Ratan Jewelers.
Red shirt, red helmet, and a grocery bag.
Matches the survivor reports.
I asked the RTO office.
The numberplate is blurry,
but the bike doesn't seem older than two to three years.
But those who bought bikes during that period...
They don't match our suspect, right?
I don't really know, sir...
No point wasting time. Instead of acting like the police,
we have to act like hunters.
My name is Anirban Ghosh.
I am a civic volunteer.
In 2019...
I caught the infamous Chain Man, Kamruzzaman Sarkar, myself.
Our then SDPO sir,
held a briefing for us.
With civic volunteers, constables & officers from all police stations.
The Chain Man has been committing murders right under our nose,
over the last five years.
We never managed to catch him.
It's high time!
-So? Can we do it? -Yes, sir!
Chain Man's photo from the CCTV footage has been circulated.
It's been sent to your phones too.
And remember one thing, he doesn't repeat the locations.
Around 23 villages in Kalna where Chain Man hasn't visited yet.
Check-posts will be placed at all these places.
Keep checking 24/7!
Did I make myself clear?
Yes, sir!
Now, not with a rope round his waist,
I will wrap a chain round his neck, make him crawl,
and drag the Chain Man to the station.
Accordingly, we were manning the check-posts.
Whenever a red bike passed, we sent their photos to our seniors.
And we registered their number and photo.
And then a red bike came by one day.
-What is it now?
These cops really are a pain!
Either they will take bribes, or butter up politicians!
-What's in the bag? -Sir, it's just...
I work as a plumber.
I have the tools for that.
Open up.
Sir, let me go, please.
If I get late...
they will make a ruckus...
Sir, I was saying... the bathroom has flooded over.
Sir!
Hey!
Get him!
-Let me go!
-Don't let him run!
At first his punishment was death penalty.
Then the high court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
He can't even make a plea deal before 20 years have passed.
'KAMRUZZAMAN SARKAR, AKA CHAIN MAN, IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.'
'FROM 2012 TO 2019 AT LEAST 15 WOMEN DIED AT CHAIN MAN'S HANDS'
'SOME WOMEN MANAGED TO SURVIVE HIS ATTACK.'
-I live in Kalna, Bardhaman.
-Can you tell us about the incident?
-No.
I stopped wearing anything red.
According to police reports, all of Chain Man's victims were women.
But in this world of crime, women aren't only victims.
There are exceptions.
Many believe that the first serial killer of Bengal, and India,
was a woman.
The one and only, infamous...
Troilokya Tarini.
Watch in the next episode.