Yimfihlo: Ixesha lam noCharles Sobhraj, uMbulali weBikini

Ngobunye ubusuku ebusika ngo-1983, ngaphambi nje kokuba ndiye eBangkok ndiyokusebenza kwi-movie, umhlobo wam wandixelela ngombulali ongaziwayo owaziwa ngokuba ngu-'Bikini Killer, 'isela elihle nelinomtsalane elalisaziwa nguCharles Sobhraj. yaseThailand ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1970. Umhlobo wam wayesazi isibini saseFormentera, esithubelezisa i-heroin kwi-relays ezivela eMzantsi Asia, ezazitsaleleke zaza zafa. Babengababini kubakhenkethi abaninzi baseNtshona uSobhraj ababephume babizwa ngokuba yiHippie Trail. Le ndlela yolule isuka eYurophu idlula emazantsi e-Asiya, ihanjiswe ngabantu abaphuma eNtshona xa betshaya ingca kwaye benxibelelana nabantu balapha. USobhraj wayeza kubagusha aba bazulazuli banxaniweyo ngokomoya kuyo nayiphi na imali abanayo, bedelela oko wayekuthatha njengehambo yabo evakalala.

Ukulibaziseka kwemveliso eBangkok kundishiye kwizixhobo zam iiveki ezininzi. Yayisisiphithiphithi, sinuka kakubi, siphambana nezithuthi, isixeko esoyikisayo sigcwele iimonki ezingqiba, imigulukudu yolutsha, izithuthuthu, iitempile, oonompempe ababulalayo, oonongogo aboyikisayo, imivalo ye-sleaze, amalungu emitya, abathengisi bezitrato, iikholoni zabantu abangenamakhaya, kunye nentlupheko efihlakeleyo. . Emva kokufumanisa ukuba uCaptagon, i-amphetamine enamandla, wathengiswa phezu kwekhawuntari, ndahlala kumatshini wokuchwetheza oqeshiweyo ngeeyure ezili-12 okanye ezili-14 ndisolula imibongo, imibhalo yencwadi, amabali kunye neeleta eziya kubahlobo. Iyeza lanceda ukubhalwa kunye. Emva kokuzinkcinkca ngesantya esikhulu ndiye ndazikhupha kunye noMekhong, iwhiskey enesidima ethi iqulethe iipesenti ezili-10 ze-formaldehyde kwaye zinamahemuhemu okubangela ukonakala kwengqondo.

Kumatheko okutya isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nabaphumezi baseBritane nabaseFrance abahlala & eThailand ukusukela oko iTet iyacaphukisa, ndiye ndachola amanye amarhe malunga neSobhraj. Wathetha iilwimi ezisixhenxe. Waye & apos; d wasinda kwiintolongo kumazwe amahlanu. Waye wazishiya njengomphengululi wakwa-Israeli, umrhwebi wase-Lebanese welaphu, kunye nezinye izinto eziliwaka ngelixa wayehamba kumazantsi e-Asiya kumaxhoba okhenketho njengesiyobisi nesigebenga. Abantu awayethandana nabo malunga neziselo bavuka kwiiyure kamva kumagumbi ehotele okanye oololiwe abahambayo, besusa iipasipoti, imali, iikhamera kunye nezinye izinto zexabiso.

EBangkok, izinto bezingahambanga kakuhle. USobhraj wazenzela into ayithandayo kunobhala wezonyango waseCanada awadibana naye eRhodes, eGrisi-ibhinqa eligama linguMarie-Andrée Leclerc, owayesekhefini nesithandwa sakhe. U-Leclerc wawushiya umsebenzi wakhe, wamlahla lowo wayeza kutshata naye, waza wakhwela inqwelo moya waya eBangkok wajoyina iSobhraj. Ukufika kwakhe, wamyalela ukuba azenze njengonobhala wakhe okanye inkosikazi yakhe, njengoko imeko yayifuna njalo. U-Sobhraj wayengafane amhluthe, kakhulu kuye, kwaye kuphela xa ingqiqo yakhe isoyikisa ukoyisa iingcinga zakhe zothando.

Bahamba benyuka besihla emaphandleni, bethengisa iziyobisi kubakhenkethi, bebathatha bekwimeko efanayo neyokuhlala kwigumbi elisecaleni elaliqeshwe nguSobhraj. Wabaqinisekisa ukuba oogqirha basekuhlaleni bangabantu abathi banolwazi lokunyanga kodwa bengenalo kwaye nokuba unkosikazi wakhe, umongikazi obhalisiweyo, kungekudala uzakuba nabo bepinki yezempilo. Ngamanye amaxesha wayebagcina begula kangangeeveki, uLeclerc enika 'isiselo esinganyangekiyo' esinezinto zokuhambisa, ipecac, kunye neQuaaludes, ebenza ukuba bangakwazi ukuzibamba, babe nesicaphucaphu, babulale, kwaye badideke, ngelixa uSobhraj wayefundisa iipasipoti zabo kwaye ebasebenzisa ukuwela imida, ukuchitha imali yabo , kunye nokubiya izinto zabo zexabiso.

Ngo-1975, wadibana nenkwenkwe yaseIndiya egama linguAjay Chowdhury epakini. UChowdhury waya kuhlala noLeclerc kunye noSobhraj, kwaye la madoda mabini aqala ukubulala 'iindwendwe' ezithile. 'Ukubulawa kweBikini' kwakuyinto eyoyikisayo, ngokungafaniyo nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lwangaphambili lweSobhraj & apos. Amaxhoba atyiswa iziyobisi, aqhutyelwa kwiindawo ezikude, emva koko aqhwatywa ngeebhodi, athululwa ngepetroli kwaye atshiswa ephila, agwazwa ephindaphinda ngaphambi kokuba aqhaqhwe umqala, okanye akrwitshwe isiqingatha kwaye arhuqwe, ephefumla, elwandle.

USobhraj wayekhe wabulala abantu ngaphambili, ngokudlula ngengozi. Kodwa ukubulawa kweBikini kwakuhlukile. Zazicwangciswe ngononophelo kwaye zingenabuchwephesha. Zenzekile ngexesha elinoxinezeleko olumangalisayo phakathi kuka-1975 no-1976, njengobushushu obabudlula iinyanga ezininzi emva koko bume ngokungummangaliso. USobhraj kunye noChowdhury babulala abantu eThailand, eIndiya, eNepal naseMalaysia. Ayaziwa ukuba mangaphi: ubuncinci asibhozo, kubandakanya ukubulawa kwabantu ababini eKathmandu kunye nebhafu yokunyanzela erhaxwa e-Kolkata.

Ekugqibeleni uSobhraj wabanjwa ngo-1976 eNew Delhi, emva kokusebenzisa iziyobisi kwiqela labafundi bezobunjineli baseFrance kwisidlo kwihotele iVikram. Wabakhohlisa ukuba bathathe 'iipilisi zokulwa nesifo segazi,' ezininzi ezaziginya kwangoko, zagula emva kwemizuzu. Unobhala wedesika yehotele, othuswe ngabantu abangama-20 nangaphezulu begabha lonke igumbi lokutyela, babiza amapolisa. Ngokuzenzekelayo, igosa elalibonakala eVikram yayikuphela kwepolisa eIndiya elinokuthi lichonge ngokuchanekileyo uSobhraj, kwisikizi se-appendectomy esasenziwe kwiminyaka ngaphambili kwisibhedlele sasejele.

Ukuzama eNew Delhi kwimenyu emide yolwaphulo-mthetho, kubandakanya nokubulala, uSobhraj wagwetywa kuphela kumatyala amancinci-ngokwaneleyo, bekucingelwa, ukuqinisekisa ukususwa kwakhe eluntwini iminyaka emininzi. E-Bangkok, ndingalali ngesantya, ndiye ndaqala ukukrokrela ukuba i-Sobhraj ibingavalelwanga kwintolongo yase-Indiya njengoko bekuxeliwe ngamaphepha. Ndandinomdla ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndicinga ukuba ekubeni ndicinga ngaye, naye ngokufanayo wayecinga ngam. Ndiphuphe ngaye ngeeyure ezinqabileyo ebendilele ngazo, ndifanekisela i-lithe yakhe, ukubulawa kwakhe emzimbeni omnyama, erhubuluza ngaphakathi kwemijelo yomoya kunye nemingxunya yokungenisa umoya kwisakhiwo sam, njengo-Irma Vep.

UCharles Sobhraj kunye noMarie-Andrée Leclerc ngo-1986. Ifoto ngu-REX USA

Ngo-1986, emva kweminyaka elishumi entolongweni, uSobhraj waqhamka eNew Delhi kunye neApos; s Tihar Jail, encediswa ngamanye amabanjwa kunye neqela lemigulukudu awayehlanganisene ngaphandle. Ubaleke ngokufaka iziyobisi kwigumbi eligadileyo lonke ngezipho zomthendeleko zeziqhamo, iikeyiki kunye nekhekhe lokuzalwa. I-Indiya, eyayingenaso isivumelwano sokuya eThailand xa uSobhraj wabanjwa ngo-1976, wayevumile ukuhlonipha umyalelo okhethekileyo emva kokuba yena kunye ne-apos; esebenze ixesha lakhe e-Indiya-umyalelo ongenakuhlaziywa osebenzayo iminyaka engama-20.

I-Thailand yayinobungqina bokubulala kwabantu abathandathu bokuqala. Ukubulawa kweBikini kuye kwalonakalisa ishishini labakhenkethi kangangexesha elininzi, kwaye uSobhraj wenze ubudenge ngamapolisa aseBangkok. Kwakukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba xa enokuthi abuyiselwe kwelinye ilizwe yena & apos; d wadutyulwa ehla kwinqwelomoya.

Wabaleka eDelhi waya eGoa. Waxokozela ejikeleza iGoa ngesithuthuthu esipinki, kuthotho lokuzifihla okungekho ngqiqweni. Ekugqibeleni, wabanjwa kwindawo yokutyela i-O & apos; Coqueiro, ngelixa wayesebenzisa umnxeba. Eyona njongo yokubaleka ibikukubanjwa kwaye kunikwe ixesha elingaphezulu lokuvalelwa entolongweni-ngokwaneleyo ukugqitha kumyalelo wokuphelelwa lixesha eThailand kunye nomhla wokuphelelwa.

Emva kweminyaka ndinomdla ongacacanga kuSobhraj, ndandifuna ukudibana naye. Ke ngo-1996 ndacebisa inqaku elimalunga naye ukuba Jikelezisa . Andifuni kwaye andifuni ngokukodwa ukubhala inqaku, ngakumbi hayi inguqulelo ezukileyo Tiger Beat , kodwa babekulungele ukuhlawula, ndaza ndaya.

Ndaqala ndanxibelelana noRichard Neville, owayechithe ixesha elininzi noSobhraj ngelaa tyala lakhe eNew Delhi. UNeville wayebhale incwadi, Ubomi kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho lukaCharles Sobhraj , yaye ngoku ndihlala kwindawo esemagqagaleni eOstreliya. Wayesoloko enamaphupha amabi malunga noSobhraj. Undixelele, 'Kuya kufuneka uyokwanelisa umdla wakho wamanyala, uze ke uhambe kude kangangoko naloo mntu-kwaye ungaze uphinde ube nento yakwenza naye.'

Ukufika kwam eNew Delhi, i-Sobhraj & apos; isigwebo seminyaka elishumi ngenxa yokuqhekeka kwejele yayisele iza kuphelelwa, kunye nomyalelo wokuhanjiswa. Ndifudukele kwihotele enexabiso eliphantsi enomhlobo womhlobo wam. Ndandihlala ndijinga kwiClub Club yaseIndiya eConnaught Place, intyilo eyintandokazi yeentatheli kwilizwe liphela. Iklabhu yayifana nendawo yokulinda ye-Bowery flophouse malunga no-1960. Amacwecwe amandongomane aseSpain aqhotswe ngeetshisi, ekuphela kwento etyiwayo kwimenyu, eza neziselo. Ngaphaya kweendonga kwakuyimifanekiso eqingqiweyo yeentatheli abathi, emva kokushiya i-Press Club besele benxilile, babeqhutywa zizithuthi.

Oogxa bam abatsha babegcwele ii-anecdotes ezithandekayo zika-Sobhraj-amabali obuhlobo bakhe kunye nabezopolitiko abavalelweyo kunye nosomashishini, ngeemali ezintle anikwe amalungelo e-movie kwibali lakhe. A Ixesha leHindustan Umbhali undiqinisekisile ukuba I & apos; ndingaze ndize ndimbone. USobhraj wayehlukanisiwe noonondaba, kwaye amalungelo awongamileyo awayewonwabile e-Tihar Jail aye anqunyulwa xa kwathatha umphathi omtsha.

Igosa elitsha yayinguKiran Bedi, ilivo lokunyanzeliswa komthetho waseIndiya. Owayesakuba yintshatsheli yentenetya, waba lipolisa lokuqala laseIndiya. Wayengumfazi othetha phandle kwaye, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, wayengumxhasi okhutheleyo wephiko lasekunene iBharatiya Janata Party. Ngokungenakonakala ngokungenakonakala emapoliseni atyebileyo, wayenikwe 'amaphepha oqeqesho' ukumdimaza, kodwa wasebenzisa inzondelelo enjalo kwimisebenzi yakhe-eyalela abaphathiswa bakarhulumente kunye neapos; iimoto ezimiswe ngokungekho semthethweni zirhuqiwe, umzekelo-ukuba waba ligorha lesizwe abaphathi bakhe babengenakukususa. Ngaphambi kokufika kweBedi & apos; ukufika, iTihar yayisaziwa njengeyona ntolongo imbi eIndiya, nto leyo ethetha into. UBedi wafaka isohlwayo sakhe kolunye uloyiso lwe-PR, waguqula iTihar yaba yi-ashram yokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo, wazisa irejimeni engaguqukiyo yokucamngca kwasekuseni, uqeqesho lomsebenzi, kunye neeklasi zeyoga.

Ndihleli iiyure ezininzi ngenye intsasa kwiholo yolawulo lwentolongo, kufutshane nakwizisele ezihluthiweyo. Amajoni angenamagama adlula, ezamla kwaye ekrwela iibhola zawo. Kwafika iqela lamanenekazi anemincili, amanye enxibe ibhulukhwe, enye inxibe isari, ejikeleze inani elifutshane elinombala omhlophe ongaboniyo kunye neesine, ngenwele ezotyiweyo kunye nenqindi lobuso. IbinguBedi ke lo. Kwingcebiso ezivela kubahlobo kwiClub Club, ndamxelela ukuba ndifuna ukubhala iprofayili yakhe yemagazini yaseNew York. Kuthathe kuphela ixesha ebukho bakhe ukuba abone ubukhulu bobabini bobugqwetha kunye nobuqili bakhe.

Ndamkelekile ukuba ndichithe ixesha entolongweni, utshilo. Kodwa ukuba ndiceba ukuthetha noSobhraj, ndingakulibala. Angabeka engozini umsebenzi wakhe ukuba angavumela amaphepha-ndaba athethe naye. Nokuba ayiyonyani okanye ayiyonyani, ndiziva ndiqinisekile ukuba uzimisele ukuba kuphela kwendumasi kwindawo. Ndibuze ukuba unjani uSobhraj.

'UCharles utshintshile!' Uvakalise ukuba ufana nentaka, indlela athetha ngayo isiNgesi saseIndiya. 'Ngokucamngca! Uya kusebenza noMama Teresa xa ekhululwa! Akukho mntu umbonayo ngoku — uphilile kwakhona! ' Ukuphefumla okulandelayo, wacebisa ukuba ndihlale eIndiya iinyanga ezininzi. Ndingahlala kamnandi apho, utshilo, ukuba ndivumile ukubhala isiporho sakhe. Oku kwabonakala kungaqhelekanga.

Ngaphambi kokuba ndikwazi ukuphefumla, ndagxothwa ngaphandle ndaza ndafakwa kwinqwelo-mafutha eyayihamba ngesantya esiphezulu eludongeni lwangaphakathi olujikeleze iintolongo ezine ezahlukileyo zaseTihar, isakhiwo esikhulu esineendawo ezininzi ezivulekileyo, ezifana nesixeko esincinci. Sifikile kwindawo yokuhlaziya, apho ndangeniswa esiphelweni somqolo weendwalutho ezazinxibe ngokusesikweni. Ngezantsi kwethu, amabanjwa angama-2 000 ahlala kwindawo ye-lotus, uninzi lwawo luhonjiswe ngomgubo wombala otyhidiweyo. Andizange ndiyazi into endiyenzayo apho, ngee jeans ezikrazukileyo kunye neT-shirt kaMarc Bolan. Intetho kaBedi & apos; yayingumbhiyozo kaHoli, umnyhadala wenkolo yamaHindu okhuthaza uthando, uxolelo kunye nokuhleka. Kwaye umgubo omdaka ngombala.

Emva komsitho sabuyela eofisini. UBedi ubhengeze ukuba uzokuya kwinkomfa eYurophu ngosuku olulandelayo kwiiveki ezininzi. Ndinqwenela mna, i-biographer yakhe entsha, ukuba ndisebenze ngokupheleleyo kwi-Tihar ashram, wabhala i-laissez-passer kuzo zonke iijele ezine kwiphepha elithambileyo. Bendingenile. Uhlobo lwe.

Ntsasa nganye kangangeeveki ezintathu, ndandingena ndisiya ejele laseTihar ndikhwele kwikhareji enqamleza izihlwele ezingenakulinganiswa kunye nezothutho, ndizibalekisa iindlovu kunye nomlotha, iinkomo zilambile. Yonke into ibenyezele kubushushu obothusayo. Sidlule kwiRed Fort, umoya utyebile ngumsi otyheli kunye nomsi omnyama wemililo yepetroli. Abaceli baziphangele kumgxobhozo osecaleni kwendlela, bethe nca njengoko bebukele ukugcwala kwabantu.

Umntu endandidlula kuye wayehlolwa ntsasa nganye — enamathandabuzo — kwindawo yokhuseleko oluphakathi kwamasango amabini amakhulu. Suku ngalunye, igosa elalisikhundla esiphezulu lalindinika umsebenzi wokuzikhumbuza ngaloo mini, kwaye ndandizama ukugoba izinto ndincede oonogada abasebancinane, ababengabakhululekileyo nababekhululekile, babedla ngokundishiya ngelixa betshayile betshaya nabahlobo.

Bandibonisa nantoni na eTihar endikhathaleleyo ukuyibona — iigadi zemifuno; iiklasi zeyoga; iiklasi zekhompyutha; iitempile ezingcwele ukuya eShiva naseVishnu zigutyungelwe ngedaffodils kunye ne-hibiscus; iiseli zokulala ezifakwe kwimethi yokuthandaza; izangqa ezikhululekileyo zabafazi abancokolayo begobile; Indawo yokubhaka izonka enamadoda anganazi zihlangu zayo yonke iminyaka, kwiifutshane ezinjenge-diaper, ekhupha intlama kwi-oveni zeshishini. Ndadibana nabantu baseNigeria betyholwa ngokuthengisa iziyobisi ngokungekho mthethweni; UKashmiris utyholwa ngokuqhushumba iibhombu; Abantu base-Australia batyholwa ngokubulala umntu; batyholwa abantu abaye baxhwaleka entolongweni iminyaka, besalinde umhla wokuvavanywa kwetyala- ama-Indian 'undertrials' ahlala ekhonza ixesha elipheleleyo lolwaphulo-mthetho abasityholwa ngazo ngaphambi kokuba bazame, kwaye ukuba bayakhululwa, imbuyekezo yokuvalelwa entolongweni ngobuxoki.

Ndabona yonke into ngaphandle kukaSobhraj. Akukho mntu wayenokundixelela ukuba uphi. Kodwa ngenye imva kwemini, emva kweeveki ezintathu ndindwendwelwe emini, ndaba nethamsanqa: Ndandinzinyo. I-minder yam indise kugqirha wamazinyo wasentolongweni, kwindlu encinci eyenziwe ngamaplanga enamadoda angama-30 nangaphezulu afole ngaphandle, elinde izitofu zetyhefu.

Ingqondo yam iziphazamisile ngokuthetha nomongikazi kwiveranda ngelixa ehlaba inaliti enye kwingalo emva kwenye. Ndibuze emadodeni asemgceni ukuba ingaba ukhona na umntu onokuthatha umyalezo awuse eSobhraj, kwaye umntu waseNigeria onxibe isacholo somgexo esivuthayo wathatha incwadi yam yamanqaku wayikhuphela phezulu, ebuya emva kokuchongwa kwam ngugqirha wamazinyo. Ubuso bam bebungenalusini kunye noNovocain xa efaka iphepha elisongiweyo epokothweni yeorenji yam ukudala .

Ndayivula emva kweeyure, xa umphathi oselula weNtolongo 3 wandibuyisela ehotele ndihamba ngesithuthuthu sakhe. USobhraj wayebhale igama kunye nenombolo yomnxeba yegqwetha lakhe ngemiyalelo yokumtsalela umnxeba ngorhatya. Emnxebeni, kwathiwa mandihlangane negqwetha ngentsimbi yethoba kusasa, eofisini yakhe kwinkundla yamatyala yaseTis Hazari.

Inkundla yamatyala yaseTis Harazi yayiyinto emangalisayo, isuka kwiphondo likaWilliam S. Burroughs. ILeviyatan kwi-maroon stucco, enolwandle lwezimangalo, abaceli, abathengisi bamanzi, kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo ezothusayo zoluntu eziphumayo ngaphandle. Kwesinye isiphelo sesakhiwo ibhasi eguqulweyo, yatshiswa ngaphakathi nangaphandle, yahlala usapho olukhulu lweenkawu ezinoburhalarhume, ikhupha ngochulumanco izihlalo ezivela kwizitulo ezahluliweyo, ukukhala nokukhupha nokuphosa ilindle kubantu abadlulayo. Umwonyo ongekho nzulu wahlula indawo yenkundla kwilebhu ye-labyrinthine ye-squat samente bunkers ezazisebenza njengamagqwetha & apos; iiofisi.

Igqwetha laliyindoda ekhangeleka ingenathambo yobudala obungenakulinganiswa, inesikhumba esibi kunye neempawu zeAryan. Undixelele ukuba ndishiye ikhamera yam ngasemva. Sahamba saya enkundleni, phakathi kwezihlwele, senyuka izinyuko saya kwigumbi lenkundla elimnyama.

Ndamqonda uSobhraj emgceni wabamangali, omnye nomnye esondela kwibhentshi lejaji ekholwayo yaseSikh kwithonki eqaqambileyo etyheli eyathi yakucinga ngebhotile yeCoca-Cola. Igqwetha lasazisa.

USobhraj ukhokelwa kwintolongo yaseTihar eNew Delhi ngo-Epreli 1977. Ifoto ngu-REX USA

USobhraj wayemfutshane kunoko ndandilindele. Wayene-beret yezemidlalo ethambise kwizinwele zakhe zetyuwa kunye nepepile. Ihempe emhlophe enemisonto eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ibhulukhwe emnyama emnyama, iiteki zeNike. Kancinci, nangona nabuphi na ubunzima abubekayo ngokucacileyo buye ngqo kwi-esile lakhe. Wayenxibe iiglasi ezingenasiphelo ezenza amehlo akhe abe makhulu kwaye ajonge ukufuma, amehlo ezinye izilwanyana ezanyisayo zangaphantsi kolwandle. Ubuso bakhe bancomela ukuba ngumdlali weqonga waseBoulevard owayesaziwa ngaphambili ngobuhle bakhe. Yadlula kwi-morphology yamabinzana 'anobuhlobo'.

Ndiphephe amehlo akhe ndimjonge emlonyeni. Emva kwemilebe yakhe etyebileyo, wayenamazinyo asezantsi angaqhelekanga, ajingayo emazantsi, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ecebisa ukuba ngumlwelwe wesilwanyana esiphila emanzini. Ndithathe isigqibo sokuba ndifunda kakhulu emlonyeni wakhe kwaye ndijolise kwimpumlo yakhe, eyakhiwe kamnandi ngakumbi.

Wayelinde ukuthethelela icala lakhe lezinto ezingenamsebenzi zohlobo ahlala eqala ngalo, ikakhulu ukuba aphume entolongweni usuku olunye kwaye enze ukubonwa kumaphepha endawo. 'Kufuneka ulinde ngaphandle' yayingamazwi okuqala awawathetha kum. 'Igqwetha liyakubonisa.' Undikhaphile ndaya kwindawo ephantsi kwefestile yoxande ephezulu kwi-facade yenkundla.

Isiqingatha seyure kamva, ubuso bukaSobhraj & apos; buvele efestileni, bubiyelwe ngakwiseli yokubamba engakhanyiswanga. Ngaphambi kokuba ndithethe nantoni na, wandibuza imibuzo ngam: ndingubani, ndivela phi, ndiye eyunivesithi, zeziphi iincwadi endizibhalileyo, ndihlala phi, ndiza kuba nini I-Indiya, i-Niagara eyiyo yemibuzo ethandabuzisayo malunga nesimo sam sezopolitiko, inkolo yam ukuba ikho, umculo endiwuthandayo, izenzo zam zesondo. Ndixoke ngayo yonke into.

'Uhlala phi eNew Delhi?' wandibuza. Ndidumazile malunga nehotele iOberoi. 'A-ha,' utshilo uSobhraj. 'Igqwetha lindixelele ukuba umbizele ehotele kwiChanna Market.'

Kuyinyani, kodwa andishukumi siye eOberoi. Mhlawumbi ngokuhlwanje! ' Ndatsho ndigxininisa. Ndothuswa ngesiquphe ndicinga ngomnye wabahlobo bakaSobhraj & apos, ababesoloko bebaninzi ngaphandle, bendityelela ndingalindelanga kwaye ndibandakanyeka kwisikimu esivakalayo esingenatyala esasiza kundifaka entolongweni ngaphandle komntu odlulayo .

Ngaphandle kwendawo: 'Mhlawumbi ungasebenza nam ubhale ibali lobomi bam kwiimuvi.' Into evakala ubungakanani bomngxuma wepesika ngequbuliso yavala umqala wam njengoko ndandimxelela ukuba andizukuhlala eIndiya iiveki ezimbalwa. Ndiyathetha kamva. Emva kokuba ndiphumile. Ungabuya. '

Ndaziva ndikhululekile xa intatheli ecaphukisayo, enesithukuthezi ingena efestileni yaza yaphazamisa, nangona ndandinyoba abagadi bakaSobhraj & apos; yonke imizuzu eli-15 ngelungelo lokuthetha naye.

Emva kwethutyana, uSobhraj wavela kwindawo yokubanjwa, ebotshelelwe ziingalo zakhe namaqatha kwaye ebotshelelwe kwijoni elingqengqe ngasemva kwakhe. Wayenelinye ishishini kwelinye icala elikude lenkundla. Ndavunyelwa ukuba ndihambe ecaleni kwakhe, okanye mandithi, ngaphandle kokudibana nenkcaso evela kubalindi bakhe. Sahamba ngaphakathi kwisangqa sabasebenzi bomkhosi, siphethe imipu engaphantsi kuthi sobabini. Amanye amabanjwa aneshishini lenkundla ahamba nje ngesandla kunye nabakhaphi babo abangaxhobanga, kodwa uSobhraj wayekhethekile. Wayengumbulali obulalayo, kunye nodumo olukhulu. Abantu bagijime kwi-cordon sanitaire ukuya kucela i-autograph yakhe.

'Ngoku,' ndambuza xa sihamba, 'phambi kokuba uKiran Bedi athathe intolongo, abantu bathi nguwe ophethe indawo.'

'Ukuxelele ukuba ndibhala incwadi?' waqhawula. 'Ngaye?'

Uye wakhankanya into. Andikhumbuli kakuhle. '

'Ndingumbhali. Ndikucacela. Entolongweni akukho nto ingako inokwenziwa. Ukufunda, ukubhala. Ndiyamthanda uFriedrich Nietzsche. '

'Oh ewe. Umntu oPhezulu. Zarathustra. '

Ewe, ngokuchanekileyo. Ndinefilosofi yeSuperman. Unjengam, akayisebenzisi kwaphela imigaqo yokuziphatha yasebukhosini. ' USobhraj wagoba, ebopha imixokelelwane yakhe, ukuze anyuse umlenze we-pant. 'Le yindlela endandiqhuba ngayo ejele. Ngaba uyazi malunga nezo rekhoda zincinci zincinci? Ndingaziteyiphela kum apha, uyabona. Ngaphantsi kwemikhono yam. Ndenze oonogada bathetha ngokunyotywa, bezisa oonongogo ejele. '

Undibonise amaphepha ajijekileyo kwi wallet yeplastikhi ebephethe yona epokothweni yehempe.

'La ngamaphepha eMercedes ndiza kuwangenisa apha,' watsho, esolatha kumnyango ovulekileyo weofisi. 'Oku kusebenza ngokuchasene nebheyile yam. Xa ndishiya iTihar, kufuneka ndibanike imali. '

'Ngekhefu, uthetha--'

'Xa ndisiya emsebenzini noMama Teresa.' Yikes.

'Ndifuna ukukubuza into, Charles,' ndaphinda ndatsho, ngokuqinileyo kangangoko ndinako. Kwindlela yethu yencoko (apho le ingumxholo kuphela) Ndiqaphele ukuba uSobhraj wenze uhlobo lwekholaji yengqondo yayo yonke into endandimxelele ngayo malunga nam, kwaye wayezondlalela ezinye kum, ngezinto ezahlukeneyo uhlengahlengiso, njengezityhilelo ngaye. Yindlela yokusebenza esemgangathweni yeendlela zentlalo.

'Ungayithanda ne-autograph yam?'

'Hayi, andithandi ukwazi ukuba kutheni ubulele bonke abo bantu eThailand.'

Kude nefuthe lokuphazamiseka endandikulindele, uSobhraj wancuma ihlaya labucala kwaye waqala ukucoca iiglasi zakhe ngehempe yakhe.

'Andizange ndibulale mntu.'

Kuthekani ngoStephanie Parry? Vitali Hakim? Abo bantwana eNepal? ' Ngeholide yeholide yeKrisimesi, uSobhraj kunye neChowdhury, uLeclerc kwi-tow, babefumene ixesha lokutshisa oobhaka ababini eKathmandu.

'Ngoku uthetha ngamakhoboka eziyobisi.'

'Awubabulalanga?'

'Inokuba babe…' Wakhangela elona gama lililo. 'Uh, upheliswe ngumbutho, ukuze usebenze ngeheroin.'

'Ungumdibaniselwano?'

'Ndingumntu omnye. Iqela labantu linabantu abaninzi. '

Kodwa sele uxelele uRichard Neville ukuba ubabulele abo bantu. Andifuni ukukhubekisa, kodwa ndifuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni ubabulele. '

Ndikuxelele nje. ' Ndaziva ixesha liphuma. Khange ndikuthathe njengokubona kububulumko ukuphinda ndimbone lo mntu, kwaye nje ukuba aligqibe eli shishini lingabhadlanga kunye neMercedes bazombuyisela eTihar.

Ewe, ndinokuxelela ngayo enye, utshilo emva kokuthula. Woyama ngam ngokufihlakeleyo. Omnye woonogada wakhohlela, ekhumbuza ngobukho bakhe. 'Intombazana yaseCalifornia. Wayenxilile, kwaye uAjay wamzisa eKanit House. ' Sasazi ngaye, uyabona. Sasisazi ukuba wayebandakanyeka kwiheroin. Waqhubeka ke ebalisa ngendlela awabulala ngayo u-Teresa Knowlton, ibhinqa eliselula elalinga khange libandakanyeke kwi-heroin kwaye liceba ukuba ngunongendi ongum-Buddhist, ngaphezulu okanye kancinci kanye ngendlela yena no-apos; d abalise ibali ku-Richard Neville kwikota yekota ngaphambili. Isidumbu sakhe saba sesokuqala ukufunyanwa, ngebhikini, edada elunxwemeni iPattaya. Ngenxa yoko i-Bikini Killer.

Xa efika esiphelweni sebali elide nelibi ndathi: 'Andinamdla kwindlela ombulele ngayo. Into endithanda ukuyazi yile nto. Nokuba ubusebenzela umbutho othile waseHong Kong kufuneka kubekho isizathu sokuba kutheni ungayenzi le nto.

Unogada uchaze ukuba uSobhraj angangena e-ofisini. Wema ngentsimbi enkulu. Uye washukuma amanqwanqwa ambalwa wajonga egxalabeni lakhe.

Yimfihlo, utshilo, ubuso bakhe ngequbuliso bufile. Emva koko wanyamalala, ewangawangisa isihloko seMercedes, Iago kude kube sekupheleni.

USobhraj ufunda ngaye kwiphephandaba laseFrance ekufikeni kwakhe eParis ngo-Epreli 1997. Ifoto ngu-REX USA

Ndacinga ukuba uSobhraj kunye noChowdhury kufuneka bathathe isantya esikhulu. Ndandihlala ndicinga ukuba ukubulawa kweBikini kwakuyinto ejijekileyo, yokufa kwabantu ababethandana ne-amphetamine psychosis. Ndifuna ukucebisa oku emapoliseni aseBombay, kodwa kuba ndandinejubane ngokwam, ndandicinga ukuba ukuba ndingayinyusa banokundinika uvavanyo lweziyobisi, kanye phaya eofisini yabo.

Ndaye ndaya kudibana noMadhukar Zende, umkhomishinala wamapolisa oqinileyo, owandinika iibhali zokubhalwa ngesandla nguSobhraj & ii-cohorts, ezibhalwe ngebhola okanye ngepensile, zivuma kwiindawo ezininzi ePeshawar naseKarachi naseKashmir, isiphithiphithi sokuhamba ngokukhawuleza okumangalisayo. UZende wayebambe uSobhraj amatyeli amabini: kanye ngo-1971 kwiZende & apos; iminyaka engama-42, emva kwejeel heist kwihotele iAshoka eNew Delhi, nakanye ngo-1986, emva kwekhefu lasejele laseTihar.

Wathetha ngo-Sobhraj ngothando olungaqhelekanga, ebeka i-D & apos yakhe; u-Artagnan amadevu njengoko ekhumbula ii-1970s zakuqala, xa uSobhraj wagcina iflethi kwiMalabar Hill kwaye wazenza aziwa kwi-Bollywood ngokunikela ngePontiacs kunye neAlfa Romeos ngesaphulelo esonwabisayo. Ngokukhwabanisa, wabamba izitokhwe kwiijusi kunye neehostele ezikwiOrmiston Road, esenza iziyobisi kunye nokuphanga izinto kubakhenkethi abazizityebi eTaj okanye eOberoi kufutshane neSango laseIndiya ukuze bazigcine.

'Wayenomdla kwabasetyhini nakwimali,' uZende wancwina. 'Ushiye umkhondo weentliziyo ezaphukileyo naphina apho aya khona.' Ngo-1971, uSobhraj wayelinde ukutsalelwa umnxeba kumazwe aphesheya kwindawo yokutyela i-O & apos; eCoqueiro eGoa xa uZende, owayezenze ngathi ungumkhenkethi, wamngcwaba.

Ndihleli kufutshane nendawo apho uSobhraj wayebanjiwe khona, njengamacilikishe amancinci, ahamba enyuka esihla kwiindonga eziluhlaza ze-O & apos; Coqueiro. Kwakungekho xesha lonyaka eGoa. Abalindi bema bengenazinjongo kwigumbi lokutyela njengeigigoli kwiholo yomdaniso engenanto.

Kwivaranda eyayisithunzi, uGines Viegas, umnini propati, wandibamba ngeramu kunye neecoksi ngelixa wayethetha amabali eminyaka yakhe njengearhente yokuhamba eAfrika nase Mzantsi Melika. Wayelufudo olunomsindo, kodwa ngoku wafaka iinkcukacha ezintsha zeeveki xa uSobhraj ebonakala qho ebusuku esebenzisa ifowuni kwindawo yokutyela.

'Wayebiza umama wakhe eFrance,' uViegas wandixelela. 'Wayekhangeleka ngokwahlukileyo ngalo lonke ixesha, enxibe iewigi, ubuso bakhe buphelile. Wenza impumlo yakhe yaba nkulu nge-putty. Xa uZende wayelapha kwi-stout yakhe edumileyo, wayenxibe iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zaseBermuda kunye neehempe zabakhenkethi. Bendisazi ukuba ulipolisa kwangoko. '

UMadhukar Zende ubhubhile ngoku. Ngokunjalo neGines Viegas. UCharles Sobhraj usaphila.

Abanini abatsha be-O & apos; uCoqueiro ufake umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaSobhraj etafileni apho wayetye isidlo sangokuhlwa ngobusuku bokubanjwa kwakhe. Ngokubhekisele kuKiran Bedi, waphulukana nomsebenzi-ixhoba le-hubris kwaye, ngokungalindelekanga, le-Sobhraj. Eli bhinqa linzima lithambe phantsi kwetsunami yeNyoka & apos; Wayekholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ekuvuseleleni imeko yakhe kangangokuba wavumela iqela laseFrance ukuba lize kuTihar alibhale, limnike abaphathi bakhe isizathu sokumgxotha.

Ngokuchasene noko kwathethwa nguZende, andikholwa ukuba uSobhraj wayenomdla kubafazi okanye kwimali. Ngaphandle kwako konke ukubetha akubonakalisileyo ukonwabisa amanqaku akhe, ukonwaba kwakhe ebomini yayikukubeka ngaphezulu kubo. Akazange afumane ngaphezulu kwamakhulu ambalwa eedola koobhaka ababephendukele eKanit House kwaye kamva bavela bafile. Nanini na xa evuna ukurhwebesheka kwintengiso yakhe, wayehamba ngebhayisekile aye eCorfu okanye eHong Kong ayivuthele yonke ekhasino. Abafazi ebomini bakhe babehlala bexhasa ishishini lolwaphulo-mthetho, okanye ukupapashwa. Ukuba uCharles wayekhe wafundeka kamnandi, akukho mntu wakha watsho. Kwaye baya kuba nayo.

USobhraj ephelekwa ngamapolisa aseNepal emva kwetyala kwinkundla yesithili eBhaktapur ngoJuni 12, 2014. Ifoto ngu-AFP / Prakash Mathema / Getty Izithombe

Andazi ukuba kutheni ukubulawa kweBikini kwenzeka. Kodwa kuloo nxalenye yehlabathi, ezo ziganeko zazibizwa ngokuba yi-'amok'''ukuphazamiseka, 'okokuqala kwabonwa ziingcali ngemvelaphi yabantu eMalaya ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800. Rhoqo, ngoku, zenzeka apha eUnited States. U-Eric Harris kunye noDylan Klebold babaleka e-Columbine. UAdam Lanza wabaleka e-Newtown, eConnecticut. Isiganeko sokuqala e-Bangkok-ndiziva ndiqinisekile ngale nto-yayingu-Ajay Chowdhury. Ukubulala kuqambe isahluko esifutshane kwi-Sobhraj & apos; ngokungafaniyo ngexesha lokuphila lolwaphulo-mthetho: ukuqhuma okungapheliyo 'kokudlula ngaphezulu' ngumculi ongenakoyiswa, owayezidla ngokuzilawula. Ukubulala kwaqala xa uChowdhury wangena emfanekisweni kwaye wayeka xa eshiya.

Ndothuka abantu abaninzi ababezama ukuyithintela, uSobhraj wakhululwa entolongweni emva konyaka ndidibene naye. Njengommi waseFrance onerekhodi lolwaphulo-mthetho, wakhutshwa ngokukhawuleza eIndiya. Wahlala eParis, apho kwathiwa wahlawulwa i-5 yezigidi zeedola ngebali lobomi bakhe kwaye waqalisa ukunika udliwanondlebe nge-6,000 yeedola kwipopu yakhe ayithandayo kwiChamps-Élysées.

Kodwa ayisiyiyo kwaphela loo nto. Ngo-2003, wabuyela eNepal -kukuphela kwelizwe emhlabeni apho wayeyindoda efunwayo. (I-Thailand inomthetho wokuthintela lonke ulwaphulo-mthetho, kubandakanya nokubulala.) Wayekholelwa-okanye kunjalo & ampos; ukuba ubungqina obuchasene naye bekudala buqhekekile baba luthuli. Andiqinisekanga ukuba uyakukholelwa oko. Wayegquma ejikeleza uKathmandu ngesithuthuthu, njengoko wayenjalo eGoa, ezenza ukuba abonakale. I-Nepalese yayigcine ngononophelo iirisithi zemoto eziqeshisayo kunye nobungqina begazi obufunyenwe esiqwini kwaye baqhubeka nokumbamba, ngokufanelekileyo, ekhasino.

Njengoko ndibhalela oku, ndibukele nje ividiyo ye-YouTube ebonisa ukuba uSobhraj uphulukene nesibheno sakhe sokugqibela kwisigwebo sokubulala eKathmandu. Ixesha elininzi lokwahlula ukubulawa kwe-Bikini ukusuka ngoku kangangokuba indlela azakugqiba ngayo ayisabonisi utyekelo lwabantu abathile lokutyabula isifo sabo ukuya kwinqanaba lokuzibulala. Oko kubonisa ubuyatha bokugqibela bayo yonke into ebusweni benkqubo yokwaluphala. USobhraj umdala. Ukuba sele engakhathali okwangoku, ngokuqinisekileyo ukhulile usisiyatha. Ukuba ujonga ibali lakhe ixesha elide ndinalo-umzila ongapheliyo wobubi kunye ne-mayhem ekhokelela apho yaqala khona, isisele sasentolongweni; imali iphangiwe kwaye kwangoko yangcakaza; intshukumo engenantsingiselo engenasiphelo kumazwe nakumazwekazi-uya kubona ukuba uSobhraj wayehlala ehlekisa. Impembelelo yokuqala endandinayo ngaye ebusweni ngobuso yayiyinto ehlekisayo, engenakuphikiswa.

Amaxhoba akhe ayengabantu ngelo xesha lam, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ejikeleza umhlaba kwinkungu efanayo yengqondo endandihamba nayo kwiminyaka yam engama-20, kanye kwiminyaka efanayo. Ibali landibizela kwakudala, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, kuba ndandizibuza ukuba, endaweni yabo, ndingabanjelwa ukufa nguSobhraj naye: Kwiifoto ezisukela ngelo xesha, wayejongeka njengomntu endandiza kulala naye 70s-njengabantu abohlukeneyo, enyanisweni, endiye ndalala nabo kwi-70s. Kwakungekho ndlela yokuphendula umbuzo ngokudibana naye. Wayengasabonakali njengomntu endiya kulala naye, kwaye ndandisazi kwangaphambili into ayenzileyo. Isaphuli-mthetho esifana neSobhraj ngekhe sikwenze ngoku: I-Interpol ikhompyuter; umntu akakwazi ukukhwela ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweenqwelomoya kunye nokuwela imida engenanto ngaphandle kwentetho ekhawulezayo, uncumo olunomdla, kunye nepasipoti ezikhohlisayo; yonke ivenkile yobucwebe emhlabeni ineekhamera zokujonga, kwaye kungekudala zonke izitrato emhlabeni ziya kuba nazo.

Kodwa inokuba bendinayo yonke into ephosakeleyo kwasekuqaleni, kunjalo. Iminyaka bendicinga ukuba uSobhraj uyarhwebesheka ngamatye athembekileyo, angakhanyisi kakhulu kwiwebhu yakhe yokufa ngenxa yomtsalane wesini kunye nobuqhetseba obuphezulu. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba abantu awababulalayo akazange athenge isenzo sakhe ngaphezulu kunam, nokuba wayenomtsalane kangakanani ngelo xesha, kwaye engazi kwanto ngaye? Kuthekani ukuba, endaweni yomfanekiso wokugqibelela, babona umntu ophulukene ne-Asia ngokucacileyo, ohlekisayo, njengeponce kwisuti yeshishini phambi kwesidibanisi somdibaniso, ngokuzenza ngathi sisiFrentshi, okanye isiDatshi, okanye ngokungacacanga iYurophu, ' kubo. ' Kuthekani ukuba babemthatha njengomntu othanda ukuhlekisa kodwa enokuba luncedo? Uninzi 'aluhendwanga' hayi ngesibheno sakhe sesini, okanye patter yakhe enamafutha, kodwa ngethemba lokufumana amatye anqabileyo abizayo ngexabiso eliphantsi. I-Apos inokwenzeka nje ukuba amaxhoba akhe acinge ukuba ayamdibanisa kwaye amfumana ehlekisa njengam. Kwaye mhlawumbi bakholelwa-ngokuxhasa, ngokukhululekileyo, ngokuzonwabisa okukhanyisiweyo-ukuba umntu ohlekisayo akanabungozi.