Nicknamed “the Bikini Killer” and “the Serpent” due to his skill at deception and evasion, Sobhraj even claimed that he was contacted by an agent of Saddam Hussein's regime before the 2003 Iraq war to buy red mercury which is purportedly used in the making nuclear weapons.
Sobhraj had escaped Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging security guards, whom he had served sweets on the pretext of celebrating his birthday. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for various crimes.
He is serving a life-term in the Kathmandu jail since 2003 for the murder of US woman Connie Joe Bronzich in 1975.
Of the total 20-year term, Sobhraj has already spent 50 per cent time in the prison.
Sobhraj, believed to have killed 15 to 20 people in 1970s, had chances of an early release due to his old age, but filing of a new case has lessened his hopes.
