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1963–1976. Country. 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.
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- He had a turbulent childhood. Born to an Indian father and Vietnamese mother, Sobhraj’s parents were unmarried and his father subsequently denied paternity.
- He was a con artist. Sobhraj began to make money through burglaries, scams and smuggling. He was extremely charismatic, sweet talking prison guards into giving him favours during any prison stints.
- He spent at least two years on the run. Between 1973 and 1975, Sobhraj and his half-brother André were on the run. They travelled through Eastern Europe and the Middle East on a series of stolen passports, committing crimes in Turkey and Greece.
- He began scamming tourists in South East Asia. After André’s arrest, Sobhraj went solo. He concocted a scam he used on tourists again and again, posing as a gem dealer or drug dealer and gaining their trust and loyalty.
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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.
Dec 23, 2022 · Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer known as “the serpent” who targeted western backpackers on the hippie trail in the 1970s, has walked free from a jail in Nepal after he was given early...
Dec 22, 2022 · Sobhraj was born on April 6, 1944 in Saigon in Vietnam — now Ho Chi Minh City — to an Indian father and a Vietnamese mother. His parents never married and his father denied paternity. He spent part of his childhood on the rough streets of Saigon and was shuttled back and forth between his parents.
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Dec 21, 2022 · Charles Sobhraj, a convicted murderer known as "the Serpent Killer" who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was due to be freed on Thursday after nearly 20 years in prison in Nepal, his lawyer said. Key points: Charles Sobhraj is believed to have killed at least 20 people.
Including the state of Nepal." Who is Charles Sobhraj? Sobhraj was born in Saigon on 6 April 1944, to an Indian father and a Vietnamese mother who later remarried a Frenchman. In 1963, he embarked on a life as an international crook, which took him to Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. READ MORE.
