Abhijit Ray, Kolkata:’Bikini Killer’ Charles Sovraj is about to be released. After almost 19 years, his RG was granted by the Supreme Court of Nepal. As a result, the notorious serial killer is finally going to be released from jail. The court ordered the French citizen Sovraj to leave Nepal within 15 days of his release from jail.In 1975, a Nepalese court sentenced Sovraj to life imprisonment in the case of the murder of two North American tourists in Kathmandu. He was arrested while returning to Nepal from France in 2003. Since then he has been in jail for almost 19 years. Sovraj applied for release after being imprisoned for a long time.According to BBC sources, on Wednesday, the application for the release of the 78-year-old bikini killer was heard in the Supreme Court of Nepal. The court granted Sovraj’s plea keeping in mind his age, health, and good use of jail. However, within 15 days of release, the court ordered the notorious killer to go to France.Sovraj has been accused of drugging female tourists in various countries including Thailand in the seventies and early eighties. Most of his victims were wearing bikinis. Sovraj was called ‘The Splitting Killer’ due to the way he killed. After the murder, he was nicknamed ‘The Serpent’ because of his smooth, reptilian-like escape. Sobraj got really scared in Thailand.It should be noted that between 1972 and 1976, Sovraj, who is of Indian origin, has been accused of murdering about 20 women. Of these, 14 were victims of Sovraj in Thailand. He was also in Tihar Jail for a long time for the crime of poisoning 3 tourists in Delhi. Proficient in multiple languages, Sovraj used his good looks and attractive personality to lure the ‘Shikar’.Sovraj has also been accused of escaping from jail several times. He also escaped from Tihar by drugging a soldier in 1986. But a few days later he was arrested from a restaurant in Goa. After being released from India in 1997, Sovraj went to France. After that he was arrested when he went to Nepal.
‘Bikini killer’ Charles Sovraj is about to be released from jail
