Who is Charles Sobhraj?
Born in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, in 1944, Sobhraj was the result of a fling between a Vietnamese shop girl and an Indian businessman. Later, he was adopted by his mother s new partner, a French army lieutenant who lived in Marseilles. Sobhraj was involved in crime from an early age and was first prisoned at the age of 19 in 1963 for burglary. He met his first wife, Chantal Compagnon, who came from a conservative Parisian family, after his release from the Maison centrale de Poissy in France.
Charles Sobhraj (Getty Images)
Usha was born to Sobhraj and Chantal in Mumbai, India, in 1970 when her parents were a wanted couple on the run. Sobhraj had convinced Chantal to join him in an international crime spree, which involved robbing tourists and faking travel documents. The couple was arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1973 for not paying a hotel bill. Usha was flown back to France to Chantal s mother and father. Sobhraj, however, escaped from prison
Usha Sutliff, 50, is the daughter of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj and his former lover, Chantal Compagnon. She now works as a US government agent, DailyMail.com can reveal.