And again, Sobhraj escaped in the same way he had in India feigning illness and drugging the hospital guard. In Kabul, the couple continued robbing tourists on the "hippie trail", only to be arrested once again. Sobhraj borrowed money for bail from his father and soon after fled to Kabul. Sobhraj was able to escape, with Chantal's help, due to faking illness, but they were re-captured shortly thereafter. In 1973, Sobhraj was arrested and imprisoned after an unsuccessful armed robbery attempt on a jewellery store at Hotel Ashoka. Sobhraj's profits were used towards his growing gambling addiction. In the meantime, Sobhraj resumed his criminal lifestyle, running a car theft and smuggling operation. Here, Chantal gave birth to a baby girl, Usha. After traveling through Eastern Europe with fake documents, robbing tourists whom they befriended along the way, the Sobhrajs arrived in Mumbai in 1970. Sobhraj and Chantal who was pregnant left France in 1970 for Asia to escape arrest. Sobhraj and Chantal were married upon his release. Chantal remained supportive during his prison time. He was sentenced to eight months in prison.
Sobhraj proposed marriage to Compagnon, but was arrested the same day for evading police while driving a stolen car. During this time, he met and began a relationship with Chantal Compagnon, a young Parisian woman from a conservative family.
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He began accumulating riches through a series of scams and burglaries. Around the same time, he met and endeared himself to Felix d'Escogne, a wealthy young man and prison volunteer.Īfter being paroled, Sobhraj moved in with d'Escogne and shared his time between moving in the high society of Paris and the criminal underworld. Sobhraj manipulated prison officials into granting him special favours, such as being allowed to keep books in his cell. Sobhraj received his first jail sentence (for burglary) in 1963, serving at Poissy prison near Paris. As a teenager, Sobhraj began to commit petty crimes. Sobhraj continued to move back and forth between France and Indochina with the family. However, he was neglected in favour of the couple's later children. Stateless at first, Sobhraj was adopted by his mother's new boyfriend, a French Army lieutenant stationed in Indochina. His parents were unmarried and his father later deserted the family. Sobhraj was born as Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj to a Vietnamese mother and an Indian Sindhi father in Saigon, Vietnam. Sobhraj's return to India, where he was still eagerly sought by authorities, is believed to be the result of his yearning for attention and overconfidence in his own intellect. He has been the subject of four books and three documentaries. He enjoyed the attention, charging large amounts of money for interviews and film rights. This, as well as his cunning and cultured personality, made him a celebrity long before his release from prison. He was driven to murder as a means to sustain his adventurous lifestyle. Sobhraj is widely believed to be a psychopath.
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After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. Nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent, due to his skill at deception and evasion, Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French serial killer of Vietnamese and Indian origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s.
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