Even though the show suggests that the two reunited towards the end, almost nothing is known of Chantal and Usha in real life. By this time Chantal had decided to move back to Paris with their daughter. He posted bail but escaped too Kabul where he began to rob tourists along the Hippie Trail. After he was arrested, Sobhraj faked illness and escaped prison but was recaptured.

His streak of luck ended when he tried to rob a jewellery store in New Delhi’s posh Hotel Ashoka. Here, they had a baby daughter, Usha while he continued his career in crime. After running a number of scams, he married Chantal Compagnon who was also his partner-in-crime.įollowing a prison sentence in Paris, Sobhraj and Chantal travelled through Eastern Europe all the way to India where he set up his base in Mumbai. Using the connections of a well-born French prison volunteer whom he impressed, Sobhraj turned to a world of crime in Paris. Following that there was no turning back for Sobhraj. His earliest crime was a petty burglary that landed him a prison sentence. Due to this he spent his early years living in Vietnam and France. After his parents separated, Sobhraj’s mother married a French Army Lieutenant stationed in Saigon. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)īorn in Saigon to a Vietnamese mother and an Indian father, Sobhraj led a nomadic life. Sobhraj has appealed against the murder conviction, arguing that he had not visited Kathmandu at the time Bronzich was murdered and his lawyers say the evidence against him was falsified. Known as the 'Bikini Killer,' Sobhraj was convicted in 2004 in Kathmandu for the 1975 murder of Connie Joe Bronzich, who was repeatedly stabbed and her body burnt in 1975, and was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Peyre said that all the documents presented by prosecutors to convict Sobraj were fabricated and expressed hope that Sobhraj would be released soon under the changed political regime in Nepal. French lawyer for Charles Sobraj, Isabelle Coutant Peyre speaks to journalists in Kathamndu on May 7, 2008.

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