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Sobhraj denies involvement in backpacker deathsThe confessed killer known as “the Serpent” accused of murdering dozens of tourists across Asia, has denied involvement in the deaths of two young women in 1975 in Nepal.
Charles Sobhraj was picked up yesterday at a casino in Kathmandu and questioned about the unsolved murders of an American and a Canadian backpacker whose charred bodies were found on the city’s outskirts.
Police say Sobhraj, 59, came to Nepal in 1975 on a Dutch passport under the alias Henricus Bintanja and now has a French passport with the name Charles Sobhraj Gurmukh.
Sobhraj denied involvement in the killings, insisting during questioning that this was his first trip to the Himalayan country, police official Ganesh Chetri said. He is expected to appear in court on Monday.
Sobhraj, who earned his nickname for his talent at disguise and escape, is suspected of killing at least 20 people in India, Thailand, Afghanistan, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong Kong between 1972 and 1982.
Police said they began searching for Sobhraj after a newspaper published photographs on Wednesday of the alleged serial killer getting on a motorcycle in Nepal’s capital.
The Himalayan Times said Sobhraj had been living at a hotel in Kathmandu’s tourist district for two weeks, trying to establish a pashmina shawl business.
After serving 21 years in prison in India for theft, Sobhraj was deported in 1997 to France, where he was investigated for allegedly trying to poison a group of French tourists in India.
Sobhraj has admitted to killing young Western tourists. When he was released from the Indian prison, he said he regretted aspects of his past.
© Associated Press
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