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202752
Mon, 08/22/2011 - 13:04
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NEPAL’S PROBE INTO SOBHRAJ’S CRIME MAY SPILL INTO MALAYSIA
NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- Nepal police may soon launch a widescale probe in Malaysia and Thailand over alleged serial killer Charles Sobhraj's involvement in the murder of a Canadian tourist in 1975.
Sobhraj's current trail in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, took a new twist after an informer revealed to legal officials that Sobhraj had confessed to either Malaysian or Thai police of the killing.
Last week, Nepal's Attorney-General Dr Yubaraj Sangroula said the informer told his office that "Sobhraj made such a confession either to police in Malaysia or Thailand" on the murder of Laurent Armond Carriere in Kathmandu.
"The confession was very clear. The documents are in Thailand now, we will collect them in a few days and investigate further, as it is important to re-start the case," Sangroula told Bernama by phone from Kathmandu.
If Nepali investigators successfully prove Sobhraj's hand in Carriere's death, he is likely to face a second murder charge, which could put him behind bars for a long time.
Last year, Nepal's Supreme Court slapped a 20-year jail sentence on Sobhraj, 67, for the murder of Connie Joe Bronzich, an American backpacker in Nepal in 1975.
However, he denied any involvement in the case, claiming he was not in Nepal when the killing took place.
Born Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj, the once flamboyantly nicknamed 'prince of crime' was alleged to have preyed on young western backpackers holidaying in South Asian beaches in the 1970s.
Sobhraj, of Indian-Vietnamese parentage, grew up in Saigon and later became a French citizen, earning nicknames which included 'The Serpent', and 'Bikini Killer' after he was accused of robbing and murdering several young western tourists.
But his elusive escapade ended in the Himalayan capital in 2003 while on a holiday, where the law finally caught up with the aging Sobhraj who grabbed media headlines during the 'hippie' era.
Sobhraj's current trail in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, took a new twist after an informer revealed to legal officials that Sobhraj had confessed to either Malaysian or Thai police of the killing.
Last week, Nepal's Attorney-General Dr Yubaraj Sangroula said the informer told his office that "Sobhraj made such a confession either to police in Malaysia or Thailand" on the murder of Laurent Armond Carriere in Kathmandu.
"The confession was very clear. The documents are in Thailand now, we will collect them in a few days and investigate further, as it is important to re-start the case," Sangroula told Bernama by phone from Kathmandu.
If Nepali investigators successfully prove Sobhraj's hand in Carriere's death, he is likely to face a second murder charge, which could put him behind bars for a long time.
Last year, Nepal's Supreme Court slapped a 20-year jail sentence on Sobhraj, 67, for the murder of Connie Joe Bronzich, an American backpacker in Nepal in 1975.
However, he denied any involvement in the case, claiming he was not in Nepal when the killing took place.
Born Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj, the once flamboyantly nicknamed 'prince of crime' was alleged to have preyed on young western backpackers holidaying in South Asian beaches in the 1970s.
Sobhraj, of Indian-Vietnamese parentage, grew up in Saigon and later became a French citizen, earning nicknames which included 'The Serpent', and 'Bikini Killer' after he was accused of robbing and murdering several young western tourists.
But his elusive escapade ended in the Himalayan capital in 2003 while on a holiday, where the law finally caught up with the aging Sobhraj who grabbed media headlines during the 'hippie' era.
