After nearly two decades in prison in Nepal, French citizen and serial killer Charles Sobhraj returned to France on Saturday. He served 19 years in prison for two murders in 1975. The French man, whose father is Indian and mother is Vietnamese, was implicated in the murder of at least 20 Western tourists on his “child”. hippie road” of Asia from 1972 to 1982. Nepal’s Supreme Court released him for good behavior and declining health. According to the court, Charles Sobhraj had a heart condition that required open-heart surgery.
According to AFP, the decision reads:
“Indefinitely compensate prisoners’ human rights violations.”
In 1975, Sobhraj was accused of murdering an American tourist named Connie Jo Bronzich in Nepal. Years later, he was found guilty of murdering Bronzich’s Canadian companion, Laurent Carriere, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In addition to Nepal, Charles Sobhraj was also accused of murdering six women in Thailand in the 1970s and jailed for decades in India for allegedly poisoning a group of French tourists in New Delhi. The 78-year-old man will be barred from entering Nepal for the next 10 years. It is not known whether he will be prosecuted in France.
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in Nepal after 19 years in prison.
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Who is Charles Sobhraj?
Charles Sobhraj was a French serial killer also known by nicknames like “Bikini Killer”, “Rift Killer” and “Snake”. It was primarily aimed at Western tourists while operating throughout Southeast Asia in the 1970s. Sobhraj has always displayed psychotic tendencies and is suspected of committing robberies and murders in support of his adventurous lifestyle and his luxury. He received great recognition even in the early stages of his criminal career and established a small cult around him due to his intelligence and sophisticated manners. He was charged with at least a dozen murders, as well as countless other counts such as identity theft, robbery and drug trafficking. He was finally charged with murder in India in 1976. He spent the remaining 21 years of his life in Tihar Prison in New Delhi. He was released in 1997, after which he retired to France, where he continued his famous lifestyle. When he returned to Nepal in 2003, the authorities arrested him again. He was tried and sentenced to life in prison. Sobhraj has emerged as a fascinating figure in criminal history. His life has been the subject of at least four books and three documentaries.
Charles Sobhraj intends to sue the government of Nepal, claiming that he has been wrongly convicted.
After 19 years in prison in Nepal, Charles Sobhraj was released and returned to his homeland. The convicted murderer, known as ‘The Snake’, insists that he did not kill Bronzich or her companions. Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, his attorney, told Reuters:
“He’s fine, he’s a free man… He’s going to file a lawsuit against Nepal because all the evidence against him is fabricated.”
Sobhraj, who has been held in a maximum-security prison until his release, told the French news agency AFP that the case against him was based on forged documents. Then he said:
“I have a lot of work to do. I will have to sue a lot of individuals.”
According to reports, the French assassin is suspected of committing crimes in France, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Thailand and Malaysia. Charles Sobhraj was arrested in Nepal in 2003 when a journalist saw him in a casino in Kathmandu. His ability to evade local and national law enforcement organizations has earned him the nickname ‘Snake’.
According to Murderpedia, Charles Sobhraj was repeatedly arrested for theft and carjacking. His first victim was Habib, a Pakistani driver hired by Sobhraj to ferry him and a woman from Rawalpindi to Peshawar. He was involved in the heroin trade in India, and his list of victims seems to have grown since then.
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