Kapil Mohan, the man behind Old Monk rum, passes away at 88

Brigadier (retired) Kapil Mohan, the former Chairman and MD of India's first known brewery Mohan Meakin Ltd, passed away on Saturday aged 88 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The brewery, which was acquired by his family in 1949, had launched Old Monk rum in December 1954. Mohan, who was a teetotaller himself, is survived by his wife Pushpa.