Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer suspected in the deaths of at least 20 tourists in Asia in the 1970s, arrived in Paris as a free man on Saturday after being released from custody. Nepal’s Supreme Court, on Wednesday, ordered the release of the convict citing his advanced age and health. Sobhraj is also known as the “bikini killer” in Thailand and “The Serpent” for his police evasion. The French serial killer was placed on a flight from Kathmandu to Paris via Doha. While on the flight to Doha, he insisted to a journalist that he was “innocent”.
Sobhraj’s life has been portrayed in a documentary titled “The Serpent,” a Netflix and BBC co-production. He would pose as a gem trader and befriend his victims, many of whom were Western backpackers on the hippie trail in the 1970s, before drugging, robbing, and murdering them. Sobhraj allegedly stated to a journalist that he would “sue a lot of people.” The state of Nepal was also on his list as he feels that the lawmakers of the state were biased against him. He reportedly spoke to an AFP journalist among puzzled fellow passengers of Qatar Airways, Sobhraj insisted he was innocent.
According to an airport source, he was taken away by border police for additional “identity checks” upon arrival in Paris. According to the airport source, he was “not wanted” by French authorities and would be able to leave the airport once all checks were completed.
Sobhraj was born in Saigon to a Vietnamese mother and an Indian father. His mother later married a Frenchman. The suave and sophisticated-looking convict embarked on an international criminal career and eventually ended up in Thailand in 1975. He was charged with the murder of a young American woman whose body was discovered in a bikini on a beach.
The bikini killer was eventually linked to more than 20 murders. He was arrested in India in 1976 and spent 21 years in prison in the United States, with a brief break in 1986 when he drugged prison guards and escaped. He was apprehended in Goa. Sobhraj was released in 1997 and lived in Paris, giving paid interviews to journalists before returning to Nepal in 2003.
He was apprehended after journalist Joseph Nathan, one of the Himalayan Times’ founders, spotted him playing baccarat in a casino. The following year, a Nepalese court sentenced Sobhraj to life in prison for the 1975 murder of US tourist Connie Jo Bronzich. He was also found guilty of killing Bronzich’s Canadian companion a decade later.
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