Charles Sobhraj is bundled into a police van in Delhi in 1997, shortly after his release from jail. Photo / APCharles Sobhraj is bundled into a police van in Delhi in 1997, shortly after his release from jail. Photo / APHandsome, charming, and fluent in several languages, Charles Sobhraj was "like some bizarre real-life combination of Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley and Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter". He became known as the "Bikini Killer" after the swimsuit one of his victims was wearing when she was discovered. So he goes to the one country where he's still wanted," Warlow posited to Vanity Fair.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 04, 2021 19:41 UTC