Charles Sobhraj
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Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944) is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. Sobhraj preyed on Western tourists, throughout the Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia during the 1970s.
He was best known as the Bikini Killer due to the attire of his victims, as well as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent, due to his cunning deception and evasion. Sobhraj committed at least a dozen murders and was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. After his release, he retired, promoting his infamy in Paris. Sobhraj later returned to Nepal in 2003, where he was arrested, tried, and received a life sentence.
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See also
- Adnan Patrawala Murder Case
- Auto Shankar
- Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case
- Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders
- List of serial killers by country
- List of serial killers by number of victims
- Murder of Jessica Lal
- Neeraj Grover Murder Case
- Nirupama Pathak death case
- Nitish Katara murder case
- 2008 Noida double murder case
- Noida serial murders
- Raman Raghav
- Snehal Gaware Murder
- Stoneman
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