French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was arrested in 2003 at a casino in Kathmandu. A suave, smooth-talking operator, Sobhraj is accused of killing more than 20 young western backpackers across Asia, usually by drugging them, in the 1970s and 1980s.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu May 31, 2011. Reuters
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu May 31, 2011. Reuters
Nihita Biswas, who claims to be the wife of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, talks to the media as she leaves the Supreme Court in Kathmandu
Nihita Biswas, who claims to be the wife of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, talks to the media as she leaves the Supreme Court in Kathmandu July 30, 2010. The court upheld the life sentence verdict handed down to Sobhraj, also known as the "Bikini killer", for murdering an American backpacker in Nepal in 1975. Reuters
Nihita Biswas speaks to the media in Kathmandu
Nihita Biswas speaks to the media in Kathmandu July 5, 2008. Biswas recently got engaged to Charles Sobhraj, 63, who is currently serving a life term in a jail in Nepal for the murder of an American backpacker. He was arrested in 2003 at a casino in Kathmandu. A suave, smooth-talking operator, Sobhraj is accused of killing more than 20 young western backpackers across Asia, usually by drugging them, in the 1970s and 1980s. Reuters