Serial Killer

Joseph Nathan: The journalist who was responsible for getting Charles Sobhraj caught in Nepal

Charles Sobhraj was playing baccarat in a Kathmandu casino one night in 2003 when Indian journalist Joseph Nathan happened to recognise him. Sobhraj was arrested and imprisoned as a result of his 'Himalayan Times' article

'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj walks out of Nepali jail after 19 years

A Nepal court ordered Charles Sobhraj, who had heart surgery in 2017, should be released on health grounds after serving more than three-quarters of his sentence for murdering two North Americans in Nepal in the 1970s

'Ruthless man in the garb of a charmer': How officials of Delhi jail where Charles Sobhraj was lodged remember him

He used to be rather casual in meetings with men but extremely particular when he met women. In fact, he preferred to interact with female lawyers over their male counterparts, a former Tihar Jail official said

The Great Escape: How ‘Bikini Killer’ Charles Sobhraj broke out of Tihar Jail and launched one of the greatest manhunts

On 16 March 1986, Charles Sobhraj, known as the ‘Bikini Killer’, did the unthinkable; he broke out of India’s most guarded jails — Tihar Prison, leading to one of the greatest manhunts. A month later, Mumbai cop Madhukar Zende arrested him after saying the famous line: ‘Hello Charles. How are you?'

Why 'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj is being released from Nepal prison after 19 years

Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the release of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj from prison owing to his health and age. The French citizen with Vietnamese and Indian parentage committed a string of murders throughout Asia in the 1970s

Nepal's Supreme Court orders release of serial killer Charles Sobhraj on 'health grounds'

Sobhraj murdered at least 20 tourists across South Asia in the 1970s. He has been in jail in Nepal since 2003 for murdering two North American tourists

Madhya Pradesh serial killer, who killed 3 security guards in 72 hours, confined in isolation cell as inmates fear him

Sagar central jail superintendent Rakesh Bhangre said when Shivprasad Dhurve takes bath, jail wardens remain nearby, and the plate on which he is served his meals is taken back immediately after he finishes eating

Madhya Pradesh: Man suspected to be involved in killings of security guards in Sagar arrested

"We picked-up the accused in the early hours from Bhopal. There is high probability that he is the main person behind these incidents. Our investigations are underway," Sagar Inspector General of Police Anurag said

Mumbai Police to review undetected cases after man arrested for murdering two without apparent motive

Forensic psychologist Deepti Puranik said the accused's profile fits the type of 'spree killer'. He apparently did not have any "emotional cooling" between the two murders and for him they would be part of a single event

Mangaluru court convicts serial killer 'Cyanide' Mohan in 20th murder case; quantum of punishment to be announced on 24 June

A local court has convicted serial killer ''Cyanide'' Mohan, holding him guilty in the rape and murder of a young woman from Kasaragod in Kerala in 2009. This is the 20th and last of the murder cases registered against the criminal, who has killed several women using cyanide after befriending and raping them.