Kathmandu, Sept 18: Police have raided some hotels in the tourist centre Thamel near here following reports that notorious criminal Charles Shobraj was sighted on Tuesday. A local newspaper had purportedly published a photograph showing Shobraj yesterday.
"So far we have not found any clue about the presence of Sobhraj in Kathmandu except the newspaper report with photograph published by 'The Himalayan Times'," said Deputy Superintendent of Police in Kathmandu district police office Ganesh K.C.
The police have conducted a search on a few hotels in Thamel to hunt him, but of no use, he added.
There was a murder case against Sobhraj piling for some 25 years at Kathmandu district court, he said, adding he has been charged with the murder of a Canadian woman at Koteshwor area of Kathmandu in 1975 and a search for Sobhraj is still going on.
"However, I don't know the legal status of more than 20-year-old murder case. The police is keeping vigil on 60 year old Sobhraj after the news report appeared," he added.
Bureau Report