Police sources also said that the man was captured by the CCTV cameras on LTT’s platform No 4, and was seen consuming alcohol alone.A day after the railway police released a CCTV grab showing Esther Anuhya at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on January 5, walking behind a man who appeared to be carrying her luggage, it has emerged that the man had been present at the terminus at least 20 minutes before Esther’s train arrived, and had been consuming alcohol.The footage shows the man roaming the terminus premises and speaking to the railway officials from 4.30 am onwards, while Esther’s train had arrived at 4.50 am, and she left the station at 5.11 am, after which she went missing. The 23-year-old software engineer’s decomposed body was found 11 days later by two of her relatives in an isolated spot in Bhandup.Police are suspecting the man could be a railway staffer, or employed by the contractors running the stalls at the terminus, while the Mumbai Crime Branch has denied that the man is the Hyderabad resident being interrogated by the Government Railway Police. Robbery has been ruled out as motive behind the murder, and police suspect she may have been raped, even though the forensic experts are yet to confirm it. The Mumbai Police sources said the man was captured by the CCTV cameras on platform No 4, and was seen consuming alcohol alone. He was also seen talking to a few railway staffers, including an attendant of the AC coach of a Latur-bound train which was to leave from platform No 5.“It appears that the man could be a regular visitor at the terminus and is known to a few railway employees. He could either be a railway staffer or someone associated with the peripheral services provided by contractors,” asenior Crime Branch officer said.The Crime Branch also spoke to the attendant of the AC coach, who said the man had requested to be allowed on board. “He asked the attendant if he could travel till Kalyan, but was refused since he was drunk,” the Crime Branch officer.Police said Esther was looking a waiting room as her father had warned her not venture out of station before sunrise. The CCTV clip shows Esther entering a waiting room on platform No 3 at 5.01 am, and coming out three minutes later. The waiting room was occupied mostly by passengers travelling in unreserved compartments, and the ladies’ waiting room nearby was locked, following which she went over to platform No 5 looking for another waiting room.“At 5.11 am, she is seen leaving the platform with the unidentified suspect carrying her luggage,” the officer said, adding that the focus was on identifying him. The cops are also surprised to see Esther talking on the phone, as her phone call records didn’t mention any calls made during that time. “She could have made an internet call or may have borrowed the suspect’s phone,” another officer associated with the investigation said. Police said it is also surprising that the person whom Esther called that day had not come forward to help with the investigation.