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Charles Sobhraj whose full name is Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj Hotchand Bhawnani. He was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 6, 1944.

Charles Sobhraj was a French serial killer, con artist, and robber who preyed on Western tourists visiting South Asia in the 1970s while they were on the hippie trail. Across the 1970s, Charles Sobhraj murdered a large number of individuals in Asia.

Charles Sobhraj, who was imprisoned in various nations, acquired the moniker “The Serpent” as a result of his frequent police detentions and successful escape attempts.

Charles Sobhraj wife

Charles Sobhraj is married to lawyer and Nepalese attorney Nihita Biswas. She gained infamy as Charles Sobhraj’s second wife, also referred to as the Serpent or the Bikini Killer, and as such, came to renown. The couple got married in 2008.

Marie-Andree Leclerc was Charles Sobhraj’s first wife. In 1975, they made their first contact in Thailand. Marie, a medical secretary from Quebec, Canada, accompanied Sobhraj in his homicidal and drug-related spree.

She claimed she never knew Sobhraj was killing people or assisting him with his crimes, although, in 1976, she was imprisoned in India with Sobhraj.

Charles Sobhraj children

Usha Sobhraj is the daughter of Charles Sobhraj.

Charles Sobhraj parents

Tran Loang Phun, a Vietnamese mother, and Sobhraj Hatchard Bavani, an Indian father, welcomed their son Charles into the world in Saigon. When he was born, his father didn’t admit that he was his father, and the two never wed.

Sobhraj was taken in by his mother’s new spouse, a lieutenant in the French Army serving in French Indochina. His stepfather’s identity is still unclear.

Charles Sobhraj siblings

André Darreau is the name of Charles Sobhraj’s brother, who he grew up with.