He drugged them, made them unconscious, then robbed them and many a times managed to kill them,” he said. He became very close to his victims and unfortunately women fell prey to him. “He was a crook, a confident trickster and a cheat,” he said.ĭecoding the person that Sobhraj was, Kanth said that he always targeted those who were close to him. Goldfinger, Professor Moriarty, move over: Charles Sobhraj has you beat.” The retired officer said he had a very deep association with Sobhraj, who he said, was neither a ‘psychopath’ nor like the person projected in the public limelight. At that time, the Hong Kong-based Asiaweek had written about the escape as “Dr No. Later, one of the staff members who was also drugged but was partially conscious took an autorickshaw and reached the residence of Deputy Superintendent of Jail and asked him to come to the jail soon.Īfter being brought to jail following his arrest, he had claimed that he was abducted by security agencies who wanted to extract information from him and had not fled from jail, Gupta added.Īmod Kanth, founder of Prayas NGO, was then the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), was tasked with investigating the case, that had led to a huge furore, nationally and internationally. 50 each with a piece of sweet,” Gupta said.Īfter putting his plan into action, he went to the office of the gatekeeper, who had also fallen unconscious, and took away the keys from his waist and opened the gates and escaped with some other inmates. The sweets laced with the drug were distributed to jail staff and security guards, specially those who were guarding the front entrance. “With the help of his friend David Hall, he managed to get a drug called Larpose and got it mixed with burfi in heavy doses. In those times, since cooking was allowed inside the jail, he got sweets prepared for his birthday. Recalling the episode, Gupta said what he (Sobhraj) did was he told the jail staff that he was celebrating his birthday. Some other prisoners also escaped from Tihar that day, thanks to the plan hatched by Sobhraj. ![]() He scripted his great escape in March 1986, only to be caught after 22 days by Delhi Police.Īt the time of his escape, he was lodged in Central Jail number 3 of Tihar and planned his meticulous escape with his friend David Richard Hall. ![]() Sobhraj was brought to Tihar Jail in 1976 and was lodged there till 1996 before being extradited to France. In those days since there were no limitations on the number of guests, all sorts of people used to come and meet him during the day,” he added. In fact, he preferred to interact with female lawyers more than male ones. “He used to be rather casual in meeting men but extremely particular while encountering women to impress them. The former Tihar Jail official said he had never seen Sobhraj ‘being so attentive’ towards male guests. Whenever he was supposed to meet any female guest, be it a lawyer or anybody else, he used to make an extra effort to dress up properly, apply perfume and look handsome,” Gupta told PTI. “Sobhraj, who is also known as the bikini killer, had a natural inclination towards women. ![]() ![]() However, the sour relations between Monique and Ajay spell further trouble, as Ajay blurts out Juliette’s name to Monique in a fit of rage.Īs if the knowledge that Charles used to be married wasn’t enough for Monique to contend with, she has another worry that’s playing on her mind, as she realises that her diary has been left at their apartment in Kanit House, in which she wrote about the inner conflict she feels for leading a double life.New Delhi: It was in 1986 that Charles Sobhraj scripted his great escape from Tihar by offering drug-laced sweets to prison staff on the pretext of celebrating his birthday.Īs Sobhraj is expected to walk out of prison soon with Nepal’s Supreme Court ordering his release, officials who had interacted with him recalled him as a heartless and ruthless person in the guise of a charmer, who could woo women with his personality.įormer Tihar Jail law officer Sunil Gupta said Sobhraj was someone, who would make special efforts to dress up when he had to meet women advocates but was rather casual in his attire when he had a meeting with their male counterparts. When Charles is sent to prison yet again, this marks the final straw for Juliette, who tells him during a visit to his cell that she is divorcing him, walking away as he stares at her through the bars.įast-forward to the mid 1970s, and Charles is planning to return to Paris from Pakistan, where he, Monique and Ajay are laying low following their Bangkok prison break. After Charles and Juliette are arrested in Afghanistan, she decides she’s had enough (Picture: BBC/© Mammoth Screen)Īlthough Charles and Juliette flee to Afghanistan, Juliette goes behind his back while he is in prison and sends their daughter to live with her parents in Paris, away from danger.
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