According to news reports, 64 year old, Charles Sobhraj, tied the knot with 20-year old Nepali girl, Nihita Biswas.

Caption: Love is blind, and plain dumb
Source: sify.com

Charles currently cooling his heels in a jail in Nepal, where he was arrested in Sept. of 2003 on prior charges of murdering two women from North America in 1975 (link). His name is linked to around 20 murders and he has spent a considerable time in jails around India, before escaping at least once after drugging the prison guards on the pretext of his birthday (link). One of the shrewdest and most violent criminals ever – his capture in India was because of his ‘miscalculation’ (link).

Charles Sobhraj is seen more as a ‘celebrity’ criminal (courtesy-our media) than the man who killed nearly 20 known victims, often burning them alive or poisoning them after befriending them. Personally, I think Sobhraj has got this far, despite being a murderer, because of his victims’ kith and kin. Till date, I’ve never seen any of the victim’s family members in the news (Indian/international) hound the ’serpent’ for justice.

Agreed most of the murders were in 1970’s, that doesn’t mean we forget his crimes, for which he has not gotten the punishment he deserved. Someone must be there seeking justice against an innocent traveler being brutally murdered, and let the common people know the pain they feel.

And now the bride, Nihita Biswas, a 20-year old Nepali girl, who started as an interpreter for the alleged killer while he was imprisoned, states that it was ‘love at first sight’. (link). Her mother Shakuntala Thapa was the lawyer in Nepal for Charles Sobhraj (link).

Whatever this girl is looking for – love, infamy, maybe money, or a misplaced sense of adventure – is her personal choice, but still outrageously ridiculous. And her mother did show her ’support’ by attending the wedding in the jail, and that is the most painful thing to read.

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