‘Bikini killer’ or ‘Serpent,’ Charles Sobhraj is freed by Nepal SC. A devious, cruel, colourful life

#CutTheClutter #CharlesSobhraj #BikiniKiller
As French-Indian-Vietnamese serial killer, the 'serpent' Charles Sobhraj is to be freed by the Nepal Supreme Court, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explores the fascinating life and also his coverage of Sobhraj's 1986 escape from Tihar jail. Episode 1138 of ‘Cut the Clutter’
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[@DJ-ti8lm]

Oh God i had seen Main aur Charles movie just 2 days back on Disney hotstar and had read he is currently in Nepal jail and today I saw ur news.... What a coincidence absolutely bewildering

[@8625gaurav]

Uyy

[@thecattree-bq5iz]

Shekhar Sir please report on the ongoing APPSC paper scam going on in Arunachal Pradesh right now. It a huge scam for government job that had been going on in Arunachal since generation and the truth has come to earth only recently. Also the BJP Pema government is not at all taking this issue seriously since very high post holding officials are involved in this scam. Please do a video to bring this to public knowledge 🙏🙏🙏

[@everuttejon9886]

" India is always American propaganda media country against China, North Korea and Russia now....Because of this propaganda media and British slavery parliament democracy in India, India is lagging 150 years behind China in infrastructure development now ".............

[@chaitanyacg2202]

I am

[@rravisankar3355]

Could only feel and share the levels of agony suffered by the families of those who had been victims of this worm of a life. Hope media wouldn't make this uncouth criminal larger than life!

[@rylumrai]

Sorry sir they have already made him larger than life..90's kids who r now in their mid or late 30's like me,most of our generation r kind of awe struck n get mesmerised n say even get romantacised knowing,learning n studying Shovraj even we knew nothing (coz we most of us were not even born) about his hineous crimes..what made us so go after n search any materials like Newspaper n Magazines articles about him and his lifestyle n killings,books n biography about his life n times n later a lot of movies..So the media has already made him lager than life

[@a141tho2]

It gets more frustrating when you realise that he has almost killed 30 people, 12 of which are confirmed murders and yet every country wherever he was caught weren't persuading enough to put him through a real trial and sentence. He should have been hanged or executed. This can't be possible without the involvement of lot of money or control over political spheres. He must have either supplied these greedy politician with drug money or foreign sex companions to buy his life. Absolutely terrible human.

[@grandmasterjo1]

I’ve read a lot about this maniac He was brutal and brutally intelligent How can you pardon a man with a heinous record 10 months before completion of his sentence. ?? Where is the respect for the victims. ? Charles posed as a victim and is escaping again. That’s why brutally intelligent The man should meet his fate the same way like he killed others like insects Disgusting

[@naadanparinda9056]

He's one of the many examples of "women loves bad Boys" I'm averse of using most women, but majority of women have that saviour complex, I can fix Shobhraj, Selmon bhoi, Sanju baba etc.

[@pravink9884]

What you said is apt. It begins with saviour complex and ends with Stockholm syndrome.

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Nadaan Parinda! Why you forgot to mention the recent Aftab Poonawala!

[@naadanparinda9056]

@@pravink9884 those who somehow get out, just join those "all men are dogs" club straightway.

[@naadanparinda9056]

@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 feel really sorry for her and many others whose story never came into limelight.

[@akhil999in]

it is biological evolution. females of most species choose winners. successful criminals are winners as they defeat the machinery.

[@sudhirnair]

Hey Shekhar, such an amazing story and so well delivered by you! There are many women I met from my college days till now (I am 67 now) They love men with a criminal tendency or may be their motherly instincts are so strong that they want to transform them.

[@axelblaze9927]

Most women nowadays call them piece of crap n move on to just good looking guys

[@vivekapte2835]

I read Serpentine on an acquaintance's recommendation back in the 1980s. This man truly has 9 lives. I say "man" loosely.

[@astalavistababy-g5o]

How does anyone in their right mind release a serial killer ? Bribery can be the only reason

[@nawoxare5194]

Not everyone is like you. Nepal can only imprison a person for maximum of 20 years no matter how severe the crime is.

[@tashi9538]

@@nawoxare5194 in that case, Nepal is a lawless country, for releasing such a gruesome and notorious serial killer. I live in Nepal and I know how bribery is a common practice there.

[@niskarsharma3310]

Nepal Government could not afford his medical expenses that was too costly, our tax money cannot be his medical expenses

[@nawoxare5194]

@@tashi9538 Having the strict laws makes you think they are good, Then you must admire Afghanistan, Iran. I think you should go to Xi papa

[@tashi9538]

@@nawoxare5194 I agree with you in this sense. I am not a supporter of capital punishment ... but I mean Nepal should at least have not released him because this serpent is still very dangerous who can harm other.

[@drkolli]

Whenever SG sir tells a story , We literally feel like that it’s all happening now in front of our eyes 😁

[@piecefool567]

Chota baccha hai kyaa bhai

[@Aheerrr]

Try mrballen

[@sandipprabhu]

The Print is 1st time the most updated than other channels.

[@vidyadhardeodhar1174]

The guy who gave me nightmares of serial killers when I was 10

[@pathikrit1913]

SG sir you are interesting no less. You got so many stories up your sleeves. And the way you tell them. Would love to read your autobiography

[@dandmello5283]

Thanks Shekar..I knew nobody can explain "TheChalesShobraj" story, even a bit better, than you Shekar...you where there in those days of happenings...as a young reporter to many newspapers of those days...I was a kid then in school then...thanks Shekar In those days we didn't have a computer or anything...we used to scribble fast on a note-pad...in shorthand... I love seeing ShekarGuptaSir with that Yellow-notebook...for I believe that OLD is GOLD..but please do accept and accommodate the new too as and when it comes..❤ The-PRINT

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi, Thank you for dropping in a such a heart-felt note. Do keep following our Cut The Clutter episodes!

[@GururajBN]

Charles Sobhraj escaping from Tihar by distributing sweets reminds me of Shivaji's escape from Aurangzeb's prison by distributing sweets and escaping in a basket (of course, not in a car!). Diabolically clever criminal. Apparently, he was quite charismatic with women even while in the jail. I recall that after he was caught sometime in early 1970s, one Delhi based woman lawyer by name Sneha something fell in love with him while he was in jail, and gained some publicity (or notoriety?) for that reason.

[@raumshen9298]

It's Shivaji Maharaj 🙏

[@aravindc102]

Imagine bribing and escaping Jail & ignoring Judge order in Russia or China . Entire Jail wardens would be executed

[@Nameles305]

Congeee Rule Do you Expect More I read Kiran Bedi was the one who Cleaned up THIHAR

[@iridiumman3087]

The question is do you *really* want to live in china or Russia? Strict laws or enforcement doesn't necessarily mean a better country.

[@aravindc102]

@@iridiumman3087 replace China or Russia with US or Canada or Germany. There will be severe repercussions unlike in India. You're missing the point.., 🙂

[@iridiumman3087]

@@aravindc102 As far as I know rule of law exists in India and do you really think US or Canada is free from corruption? Every system comes with its own pros and cons. The notion of very strict law enforcement in china or Russia comes at the cost of personal liberty, they have very strict enforcement because these countries are authoritarian dictatorships.

[@aravindc102]

@@iridiumman3087 you're missing the point man.., US or Canada has a far better rule of law and far better corruption management than India could imagine

[@kashishmanglani2339]

Wonderful Storytelling!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Kashish, Thank you for being there...best, shekhar..

[@sadafahmad3078]

It is very complicated story as I read in Google

[@Akshay_p_kumar]

His name is also fascinating "Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj Hotchand Bhawnani"

[@gokulchandran5586]

If the judiciary had been able to terminate such killer's life in the first place ... many lives would have been saved. I wonder why any judicial system looks at such killers with any humanitarian values.

[@tapemaj]

Lady Luck ( pun intended ) once again been kind to Charles Sobhraj ! The serpent is freed …

[@ed1019-h8o]

There is nothing admirable about this person, he could likely re-offend he needs to remain in jail for life What about his victims good grief he murdered over 20 innocent lovely people. All of life is precious good grief he is a serial killer, highly manipulative.

[@PolityAnalyst]

Fascinating story 🙏

[@nepalimana]

This shows how our justice is botched. Murderer will be enjoying all the rights by killing so many people in many countries.

[@augustinealbertsouza9434]

Looks like he is also a Shanskari Brahmin Or rather a Maha Sanskari Brahmin, in line with certain convicted rapists and murderers involved in the Bilkish Banoo case

[@vijaybgood]

He could have just used his intelligence in a nice way, helped people and still led a colourful life... People and their choices...

[@shubhamthakur7708]

Wonderful storytelling by SGji

[@girishktyagi]

He is one of the most intelligent person doing the wrong stuff...!!

[@Suresh_Kamath]

Charles Sobhrajs's french wife used to mock those rich Indians who used to buy washing machine and keep it in the living room so that others can see it. This was a time when washing machine was not manufactured in India and only the ultra-rich had them.

[@Callmenothing000]

Big fan, Mr Gupta!!

[@aayushkashyap8985]

Thank you for covering the latest developments. Can you please also do a cut the clutter episode on alleged planting of 'evidence' on the laptop of Stan Swamy. This incident may be more relevant for the liberty of people than they may realize.

[@paulmorais476]

That's unlikely - SG's description of Stan in one of his episodes was negative

[@zkfnd859]

Life imprisonment in Nepal: Increased from 20 years to 25 years. Pardoning of sentence can happen in case of elderly with frail health conditions.

[@pharaohakhneton9553]

SHOBRAJ is born to an Indian father and a Vietnamese mother in Saigon.

[@sandhusahib3881]

Ho chin minh city(saigon)

[@AJAY95952]

Best episode.. ❤

[@maisonhumayun3018]

Most indian dont know there is indo-vietnamien commuity who are descend of Pondichéry, sindi,gujarati people.after Vietnam War France given then franch nationality. once most business commuity in Vietnam

[@nandi7772]

How did sobhraj become french citizen? Did his parents migrate there or his grandparents?

[@aakarshjha1633]

@@nandi7772 Maybe his father was loyal to French indochina,so he got French citizenship

[@UwUO-OUwU]

@@nandi7772 His mother was Vietnamese and father Indian. His parents seperated during his childhood and he was living with his mother who later got married to a French Soldier.

[@muzaffaralisheikhji]

He has made a mockery of the justice system. May be the international courts should step in such cases

[@MaryLou913]

His daughter is a police officer or FBI, I cannot remember, but she is based out of the US. She’s not in France.

[@axelblaze9927]

Nobody cares abt yall , yall not famous

[@Mark___933]

“Hippies= International Pavement Dwellers” -SG 😂😂😂

[@adityamookerjee.]

Sobhraj must have led a very sober life in jail in Nepal. It seems he didn't want to escape jail so that he could kill again.

[@SkSingh-tu8un]

Will now live a celebrity retired life in his country.. maybe a few interviews, a TV serial...enough to keep him financed

[@SrinivasaRaoVVSRao]

This flamboyant & master of all extremes should be under a watchdog

[@MaryLou913]

What is a life sentence of 20 years? Life is for life.

[@suneel7053]

SG sir story times without a doubt are the best times.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Glad you like them...best, shekhar..

[@KaushalKumar-zx8ls]

Liked your this video.

[@anitakoch3895]

He is a Indian with a Vietnamnese mother. The French nationality came at a later stage.

[@xoxo49999]

looks like "the Silence of the Lambs"

[@thayiljoseph277]

We request the media not to glamourise this murderer , now roaming free

[@padamagarwal8184]

That you decided to cover this man Charles Sobhraj is baffling to me as he is of vintage no one under fifty would know or care to know about him.

[@deeell9305]

I just wonder, why a bollywood film has not come based on the life of Charls Shobhraj?

[@prophet1782]

Dee ELL ... There was a movie on his life sometime back. But It wasn't Bollywood. Don't know who produced it. Google it.

[@SuyashSharma8]

There is one of randeep hooda based on Charles sobhraj

[@stevenlahori2665]

Gutterwood trash 🗑.... Don't waste your money or time.... on trash.

[@beluga9596]

When I was small , my grandfather used to make us sit down and sit on his rocking chair and narrate a story At times SGs video brings me back those memories

[@axelblaze9927]

Can u share some interesting stories he told we don't know or isn't there in mainstream

[@iridiumman3087]

Please do if you have some interesting stories

[@axelblaze9927]

​@@iridiumman3087he's lying

[@sidlawyer]

I think this man is a manifestor. He manifests and he gets it

[@raumshen9298]

Yeah possible

[@jamalnasir9786]

Why he looks like Dev Anand? ☺️

[@SamIAm_04]

Let the victims families spend a day with him, then there will be proper justice!

[@kravishankar65]

He is a modern day anti hero. Someone like Robin Hood or Casablanca or like Bonnie and Clyde. But wonder why he didn't try to escape from the Nepal jail in the last 20 years

[@heniljoshi5950]

You don't saw the entire video carefully..Hevwanted to spend this time in Nepal Or else he wld have been Executed in Thailand..Bloody Cold blodded killed so many innocent lives but was Scared For his own Life

[@IndiaTides]

You don't understand the word anti-hero. Do you?

[@nikhilkushwaha2131]

He is scared of nepali

[@gordonliu3972]

Anti Hero doesn't fit. This man is trash. He does no good deeds, just poisons, robs people and kills.

[@kravishankar65]

@@heniljoshi5950 The Thailand execution order was nullified by the time he was released from jail in India.

[@gauravdhakate1625]

Big boss participant. In this world such ppl r heroes.

[@vidyadhardeodhar1174]

8:10 Nobody bothered to steal the 303s Surprise surprise

[@Adinovasi]

JRE p ayga bhai 😇

[@apurbabhattacharjee6251]

A fascinating story of a very notorious murderer.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for watching...shekhar

[@chandubai]

He also married Nepal Jail superintendent's daughter Biswas as per some report I read today

[@Nameles305]

😃🤣so He’s going continue what he has been doing 😄

[@accountnotfound4209]

Wow Nepal is shithole

[@Samir12357]

It's not true bro

[@stealph51]

It was actually his translator, who is his lawyer's daughter. I heard she appeared in big boss

[@SuyashSharma8]

Yah kya h

[@santanukganguli6491]

Charles is a misguided genius. He is a fascinating person with huge sex appeal.

[@jkardez4794]

We are terribly sorry that this man is suffering from bad health especially after murdering 30 women. Wonder what's the quid pro was with the Nepali authorities .

[@bm8292]

Paid by the French government

[@sureshacharya7437]

He was roaming freely for 12 years before got jailed in Nepal.

[@mralwyngeorge]

മറ്റൊരു സത്യം കൂടി ഞാൻ പറയാം ! ഇത്രയും ധൈര്യം ഞാനെന്റെ ചാൾസ് ശോഭ്‌രാജിൽ മാത്രമേ കണ്ടിട്ടുള്ളു ! നിനക്കെവിടുന്നു കിട്ടി കുട്ടി ഈ ധൈര്യം?

[@athul119]

Kodukai😀👏🏽

[@iridiumman3087]

Hey youtube translation is pretty neat.

[@kravishankar65]

But this news doesn't deserve a CTC

[@akshytube]

This is just because SG did some work on it few decades back and now wanted to tell us the story and most of us would clap and comment he's a Grand pa of all....

[@ThePrintIndia]

We do like to mix it up a bit every now and then. Hope you enjoyed the episode...best wishes, SG

[@ashutoshshringari9]

my bad but what is ctc?

[@amur_]

@@ashutoshshringari9 Cut the Clutter, that's the show's name

[@ashutoshshringari9]

@@amur_ oh, thank you

[@aad4186]

New leaf? I doubt it

[@niladribanerjee2821]

Already 78, ab Marne se phle kuch dhamal na kar de

[@tradingwizard562]

Karega, aadat se majboor hai.

[@saathihaathbadhana]

CLASS 12 ENGLISH BOOK IVANS TRIES O LEVEL. HE is that ivans

[@MohitKumar-jf8lz]

Acc. To yuri bezmenov soviets used to brainwash westerns into hippie movement in various muths

[@manasdhodi4649]

He himself gave his information to get caught in nepal.. whats the reason for that.. no one knows but charles

[@umeshhemanth2770]

The life of this worm is fascinating shekar ji.... ! Come on would you still say the same if one of the victim was your distant kin....a man of your wisdom and experience is fascinated by the life of a henious man. Your video could have been so much more different. You could have discussed indian law and it's loopholes. Wats wrong with you sir.

[@ssd7853]

King of escape 😎

[@aakarshjha1633]

Wtf?He is a brutal murderer

[@savithakl7577]

Knowing Shekharji's love for Pakistan surprised that Imran khan love tapes were not featured today. Waiting for CTC on how India and Pakistanis are same in matters of power, corruption and even erotica!

[@vaibhavtambade3287]

Not worthy of a CTC

[@RajanRaj-po9xr]

If socialism had been a right philosophy, China shouldn't have adopted a liberal economic policy in 1975?, India shouldn't have gone to privatization in 1990?, Soviet Union (Russia) shouldn't have been divided into 16 pieces? The world is developed by capitalism, liberal economic policy. Therefore, let's remove the word socialism from the constitution of Nepal.d

[@maisonhumayun3018]

His father indian, Mother vietnamien.

[@maisonhumayun3018]

But most indian dont know there a Indo-vietnamien commuity. After Vietnam War the got franch nationality.

[@sreedharanjagannathan2222]

He is a CAT with Nine Lives!!!

[@aniketverma3281]

W t f....Why release such a repeat offender...?

[@shafatgangoo]

Nice storey after long time, good not to hear Pak bashing for a change 😀

[@AB-ux5pp]

I can only imagine the change of tone if he was a Muslim.

[@lotusman992]

Don 1.🎙🎙🎙🎙

[@rvinod6412]

sir, no offence intended , now a days you are mostly beating around the bush, other than getting straight to the point.

[@keshavanveeraragava7690]

Well, can you explain what is straight to the point in this story? It's a story, it has to be narrated unlike a event to declutter

[@balkaransidhu5334]

Nepal has rule of law

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Until Birendra's monarch!

[@sureshacharya7437]

You may not know but if India extradited Charles to Thailand when they first caught him he would have been dead man now. He would face murder trial in Thailand but India choose to lock him for minor kidnapping charges.

[@Luladasilva217]

20:35 hybristophilia

[@abhinavdwivedi6869]

Shekhar ji is umra me bhi aurat ko nahi samajh paaye hain... Hum log fir kis khet ki mooli hain 😁😂🤣🤣 Koi baat nhi SG. Agli baar gali me aishwarya aayi.

[@tammyorton6356]

There are still Spirits within man, believing THEY are God. God never changes. However, the Spirit within man, came out of God.... Therefore is nolonger God..... But the SON of God..... And has the opportunity to change and be such as Jesus. It is written: The Spirit returns to the Spirit it came from. According to Revelation 4:5 There are 7 Lamps of FIRE ..... BURNING...... Around the Throne which are the 7 Spirits of God. NOT EVEN on the Throne, but AROUND the Throne! BURNING. THEY THINK THEY are God.

[@Shub428]

A tv series worthy thing

[@aakarshjha1633]

Already made,Serpent

[@tradingwizard562]

Netflix also has series on him.

[@rushi9154]

He's a real life Tees Maar Khan 😂

[@atuldhaundiyal_calgary]

Well dressed

[@anandvijayan2033]

A Sobhring thought

[@vikasverma7667]

A lady killer quite literally!

[@jameswong882]

No

[@jameswong882]

No excuse

[@bm8292]

It is easy to get away with bribes. Paise feeko, tamasha dekho

[@perfectionistpersona]

Devanand style

[@AyushSingh-me3ws]

CHARLES SABHRAJ looks like DEVANAND

[@heniljoshi5950]

😂😂😂😂😂....Actually

[@anitakoch3895]

Too repetitive

[@manivannanchokkalingam8251]

a fall guy or the actual 🤔 killer

[@aadhyariddhipahuja7676]

Jobless man, talking dadi maa ki kahaniyan.

[@amritpalsingh3293]

For a change :)

[@lovekanaujia345]

May be his story can save the drowning Bollywood There are so many fascinating stories in North of India. Still the Hindi film industry is making ghisi piti movies just like this upcoming Pathan🤦🏼‍♂️ In a country which has seen numerous Pathan invaders, they are making Pathan as hero.

[@aravindc102]

So, India doesn't have an extradition treaty with Nepal to bring him back and lock him up for escaping the jail ?!!

[@sublimefermion2205]

He completed his sentence in India.

[@kravishankar65]

He completed the sentence in India. Went back to France but the risk taker that he is went back to Kathmandu, publicised his arrival by getting deliberately getting photographed and virtually challenging the police there

[@neelamdas7395]

Yaar tu hilta kyun hai itna?

[@awesomeraj953]

Yeh bekar episode hai, isme cluttered kya hai?

[@tejaswinivenkatesh8975]

Shekhar ji.... Please talk about useful topics like which can enrich knowledge... Crime news stories are usually useless.

[@ShivamGupta-sr9zf]

Don't watch it if you find it useless.

[@abhishek1990]

Hi Shekhee Uncle, Check out this Chinese propaganda on our very own Indian news outlets. This was first served to me by South China morning post, and when I googled to see who else had posted it I only noticed NDTV. Now this is on a bunch of more outlets and over popular internet “news” sites.

[@abhishek1990]

They are trying to blame the young people that fought them. Damn!!!

[@iridiumman3087]

What is propaganda you are talking about?