In an indication of just how duplicitous he had become - and what earned him The Serpent nickname - Sobhraj was arrested for theft, but feigned illness, drugged the hospital guard and escaped. A few years later, he had escalated into armed robbery but managed to escape from prison and fled to Kabul, where he first began to rob backpackers on the hippie trail. In 1970, he moved to Asia with his wife, Chantal Compagnon, who gave birth to their daughter in Usha in Mumbai. He began masterminding a series of burglaries and scams, and found himself in prison again for his illegal dealings. When he was released, he ingratiated himself into both the heart of Parisian high society and in the murky criminal underworld. Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj was born in 1940 in Saigon, but when his parents divorced, he moved to France with his mother and her new partner.Īs a teenager, he became involved in petty crimes and was sent to Poissy prison, near Paris. Fairfax Media Archives Getty Images Sobhraj’s early life
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