Nepalese authorities have thwarted serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s plan to escape from jail. Sobhraj, who had already spent two decades in Indian prisons, was sentenced to life after being convicted of the murder of a female tourist from the US.
Officials say they seized several phones and other electronic devices from his cell …details of the plan are yet to emerge because experts are examining the electronic devices and phone sets that Sobhraj was found to be using.
Sobhraj escaped from a maximum-security prison in the Indian capital Delhi in 1986 but was recaptured soon after.
I love how he’s in jail with a bunch of phones and helpful equipment.
Sobhraj, a.k.a “The Serpent” (because he’s great at disguises…wait, wouldn’t “The Chameleon” be more appropriate then?…Ah, forget it.) or “The Bikini Killer” (because he killed “western” women at a Thai beach resort) was never convicted of any of the 20 murders that he was linked to in the 1970s. “The Serpent” is half-Indian and half-Vietnamese, for those of you who are keen to know such things.
via the beeb
Also see this post.
yeah, totally. manish’s is way better, it tells you more of his backstory. 😀 one of these days i’ll get my act together and put that helpful “see other sepia mutiny posts on X here, here and here.” poor readers. until then, you’re all shtuck with lackadaisical ME. 😉