Bikini Killer turns Child Molester

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Sixty-four-year-old Charles (Gurumukh) Sobhraj Sobhraj, a Vietnamese-Indian by birth and French national by adoption, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed “the Serpent” and “the Bikini killer” for his skills at deception and evasion” has found new love in Nepal, with the ‘Bikini killer’ already planning a wedding after getting ‘engaged’ to a 20-year-old girl in the Himalayan state.
Neha alias Nihita Bishwas, with a Nepali mother and a Bengali father based in Kathmandu, frequently comes to meet Sobhraj.

Sobhraj accused of luring young women and killing many of them always maintained a manipulative personality and is incapable of remorse—his motives for killing differed from those of most serial killers. Sobhraj was not driven to murder by deep-seated, violent impulses, but rather for personal gain, as a means among many to sustain his lifestyle of adventure.

He was a con man, jewel thief, drug dealer and murderer, but one who lived a life of adventure and intrigue that made him a media celebrity, he always got what he wanted, live like royalty behind bars, in almost total control, with guests free to come and go as they pleased, cellphones, TV, gourmet food and fine wine to eat and drink.

His new flame, the confident young girl, met Sobhraj while he was looking for an interpreter, continued her meetings with him till they fell in love. That’s how the courtship started and soon Nihita was visiting him regularly. Sobhraj said when released they are planning to go back to Paris, where they will marry according to western tradition.

The celebrity criminal was arrested from a Kathmandu casino in September 2003 and has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a District Court in July 2004 on charges of murdering an American and a Canadian tourist in Kathmandu in 1975.

However, Sobhraj claims that he was put in jail without any evidence and believes that he will be released soon, with the Supreme Court set for a final hearing on Sobhraj’s appeal next week.

“There was no evidence, no eyewitness to convict me in the murder,” he stressed.

In the episode “Slither,” part of the fifth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the character of Bernard Fremont (played by Michael York) is based on Charles Sobhraj. Fremont is killed (offscreen), most likely by his former lover and accomplice Nicole Wallace (played by Olivia d’Abo), who may have been partly based on Leclerc or Chantal.



Sixty-four-year-old Charles Sobhraj has found new love in Nepal, with the 'Bikini killer' already planning a wedding after getting 'engaged' to a 20-year-old girl in the Himalayan state.

"I met her just two months ago and now we are in love, and I hope we will marry after I get released," Sobhraj said from Kathmandu's Central Jail.

Neha alias Nihita Bishwas, with a Nepali mother and a Bengali father based in Kathmandu, frequently comes to meet Sobhraj, jail officials confirmed.

The confident young girl, who met Sobhraj while he was looking for an interpreter, continued her meetings with him till they fell in love. That's how the courtship started and soon Nihita was visiting him regularly.

The celebrity criminal was arrested from a Kathmandu casino in September 2003 and has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a District Court in July 2004 on charges of murdering an American and a Canadian tourist in Kathmandu in 1975.

However, Sobhraj claims that he was put in jail without any evidence and believes that he will be released soon, with the Supreme Court set for a final hearing on Sobhraj's appeal next week.

"There was no evidence, no eyewitness to convict me in the murder," he stressed. "The police had forged photocopies from a 30-year-old register of Hotel Soaltee and Hotel Malla, which was presented as evidence," he claimed, adding "If I were in India and if the same charge was made against me, I would not even be put in custody. When asked about his new found love, Sobhraj said: I wish to marry her if I am released from the jail."

"I believe that I will be released soon," he stressed. Sobhraj said the girl's mother frequently comes to meet him in the jail and she has given the green signal to their relationship.

"My daughter is an adult and whatever decision she makes I will be happy," her mother told media persons. Sobhraj said when released they are planning to go back to Paris, where they will marry according to western tradition.

Nicknamed the 'Bikini killer' and 'Serpent' Sobhraj has been accused of luring young women and killing many of them.

According to sources, Sobhraj's first wife, whom he married in 1970 and is based in Paris, might have played a role in the latest drama over his new found love so as to win the sympathy of the Nepalese people and the court. They point out that Sobhraj recently announced sponsorship for the education of a Nepalese girl, who was ousted by her family after they learnt that she had voted for the Maoists in the April 10 election