KATHAMANDU: Notorious French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the titular 'Serpent' of the hit Netflix drama series, was responsible for a string of murders throughout Asia. The charismatic conman, 78, was for nearly two decades serving a life sentence for killing two tourists in Kathmandu in the 1970s, befo
KATHAMANDU: Notorious French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the titular"Serpent" of the hit Netflix drama series, was responsible for a string of murders throughout Asia.
But she soon began to fear her fast-talking neighbour, who masqueraded as a gemstone trader to lure cash-strapped travellers before drugging, robbing and killing them. Sobhraj's sobriquet,"The Serpent", came from his ability to assume other identities in order to evade justice. He was caught in a restaurant in the Indian coastal state of Goa, where he had reportedly been riding around on a pink motorbike in outlandish disguises.
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