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Thailand, Nepal, India, Malaysia, France, Afghanistan, Turkey, Greece. Date apprehended. 2003. Charles Sobhraj (born Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj, 6 April 1944) is a serial killer, fraudster, and thief who preyed on Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of ...
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Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. He preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. He was nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent. Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India from ...
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Oct 18, 2021 · Often referred to as ‘The Serpent’ or ‘The Bikini Killer’, Charles Sobhraj is one of the most famous serial killers and fraudsters of the 20th century. Thought to have murdered at least 20 tourists in South East Asia, Sobhraj preyed upon victims along the region’s popular backpacking routes.
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Apr 24, 2021 · Accused of murdering dozens of Western tourists across Thailand, Nepal and India in the 1970s, Charles Sobhraj’s life story has spawned multiple books, a movie, and a new BBC miniseries on Netflix.
Who is Charles Sobhraj? A French national who was born Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj to an Indian father and Vietnamese mother in what was then known as Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Sobhraj led a life of petty crime as a teenager which escalated to much darker deeds.
Mar 20, 2024 · Fear of The Serpent serial killer Charles Sobhraj believed to have killed at least 12 young backpackers on the hippie trail in the 1970s, also contributed to the demise of the spiritual highway...
Dec 22, 2022 · Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer blamed for killing at least 20 western backpackers by drugging their food and robbing them, is on Thursday expected to walk from prison in Nepal because of his old age. Sobhraj, 78, has been held in a high-security prison in the capital Kathmandu for the past 19 years for killing an American backpacker in 1975.
