Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj's er? link with Shakuntala Thapa, the mother of the criminal mastermind's new found love in Nepal, may have proved disastrous for the woman lawyer
KATHMANDU: Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj's er? link with Shakuntala Thapa, the mother of the criminal mastermind's new found love in Nepal, may have proved disastrous for the woman lawyer, who lost the election for the Supreme Court Bar Association.r, who lost the election for the
Nicknamed the 'Bikini killer' and 'Serpent', Sobhrajn for the has been accused of luring young women and killing many of the them. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a District Court in July 2004 on charges of murdering an American and act Canadian tourist in Kathmandu in 1975.
Shakuntala, who was recently appointed the lawyer of and act Sobhraj fighting murder charges in Nepal, lost the election as the communist parties' joint candidate to Shyam Raj Dhungel.
During the Bar election, Shakuntala's link to the Dhungel as "Bikini killer" also became an issue, and her defeat was seen
as result of her relation with Sobhraj, a Supreme Court lawyer said on condition of anonymity.
The Supreme Court has set August 10 for the final court lawyer hearing on Sobhraj's appeal. Sobhraj appealed in the apex
court after Patan Appellate Court rejected his plea for bail.
However, lawyers here said that there was little possibility of Sobhraj getting relief in the apex court.
The love affair of the criminal mastermind and hisssibility "engagement" to 20-year-old Nihita Bishwas, has grabbed media
attention in the Indian subcontinent.
Sobhraj's hope of settling down in Kathmandu with the media Nepali beauty may not materialise for local laws does not permit for polygamy.
Sixty-four-year-old Sobhraj has been 'engaged' with Nihita and plans to fly to Paris and marry her when he is released from prison, where he has been languishing since September 2003.
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