True Crime Friday: Charles Sobhraj, the Bikini Serial Killer
Charles Sobhraj was born April 6, 1944, in South Asia. He was born under the name Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj. He changed it to Charles Sobhraj. Charles Sobhraj is a prolific serial killer, con artist and thief. His victims were mainly Western tourists travelling on the Hippie Trail in South Asia during the seventies. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of the attire his victims mostly women were wearing when they were found dead. He had other monikers such as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent for his ability to avoid detection by the authorities. It is suspected that Sobhraj murdered at least twenty tourists that were visiting the area. He would inject his victims with drugs and steal their money and passports before killing them. The Early Childhood of Charles Sobhraj Charles Sobhraj was born in Saigon within the Indochinese Union. His father was an Indian Sinhi and his mother was Vietnamese. Sobhraj's birthplace was a French colonial territory which made him eli...
