Charles Sobhraj: Wily and ruthless ‘Serpent’ out of jail
New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) On Friday, Charles Sobhraj was released from a prison in Nepal, adding another chapter to the life and times of the slight, suave killer whose escapades and chilling MO confounded perhaps even the most inventive criminal mind.
At 78, the French national of Indian-Vietnamese descent is now ailing, his name ringing a distant bell even for those not familiar with headlines of the time or the several reel versions detailing his life.
Sobhraj, the stuff of reams of journalistic articles, books and film and TV scripts, has several monikers. “Bikini Killer” because of what some of his victims were wearing when he killed them and the “Serpent” from his various jail breaks being just two of them.
