Charles Sobhraj Net Worth: How Much is Charles Sobhraj Worth? : Charles Sobhraj, officially known as Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj Hotchand Bhawnani, was born on April 6, 1944 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
He is a French serial killer, conman and thief who preyed on Western tourists traveling the South Asian hippie trail in the 1970s. Charles Sobhraj was responsible for several murders in Asia in the 1970s.
Charles Sobhraj has been arrested several times and has also escaped from prisons in several countries. His tendency to evade authorities earned him the nickname “The Serpent”.
The eight-part detective series 2021; The Serpent on BBC One and Netflix details Sobhraj’s alleged murders. He recounts how he evaded the law for years across Asia by drugging, robbing and murdering backpackers.
Charles Sobhraj was arrested by Nepalese police in 2003 and sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 murder of an American citizen in Nepal. He was released after the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered his release on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, due to his age and health condition.
“Charles Sobhraj suffers from a heart condition and requires open heart surgery,” the court said. On Friday December 23, 2022, he was released and boarded at Kathmandu airport on a flight which took him to Paris via Doha.
Charles Sobhraj Net Worth: How Much is Charles Sobhraj Worth?
At the time of writing, Charles Sobhraj has an estimated net worth of around $12 million.