Is Ajay from The Serpent still alive?

Is Ajay from The Serpent still alive?

Ajay Chowdhury: He was the right-hand-man of the serial killer Sobhraj. He disappeared in 1976 and is believed to have been murdered by Sobhraj after delivering stolen gems to him.

How did Ajay and Charles meet?

Ajay Chowdhury belonged to an Indian family. He met Charles in Thailand and the two became inseparable. He assisted Sobhraj in gruesome killings and while Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andree Leclerc were arrested in 1976, Ajay’s whereabouts remain a mystery even after decades.

What is the true story behind The Serpent?

During this particular period in the ’70s that is the focus of the Netflix series, Sobhraj allegedly murdered at least six people in Thailand, two in Nepal, and two in India. The Serpent depicts Sobhraj’s 1976 arrest in Delhi, where he is sentenced to 12 years in prison after drugging a group of French tourists.

What happened to The Serpent and his accomplices?

While they were being interrogated, Smith and Eather caved in and confessed to the crimes. Smith and Eather attempted to take their own lives while in prison ahead of their trial. Leclerc had also been found guilty of drugging French students, but she was put on parole and returned to Canada.

What happened to the serpents friend Ajay?

In The Serpent, he is depicted as having been abandoned in the middle of nowhere by Charles Sobhraj who decides to take Marie-Andrée to Paris instead of Ajay. In real life, Ajay is suspected by some of having died after he was sent on an errand trip to Malaysia for Sobhraj in around 1976.

Where is Knippenberg now?

Knippenberg is now 76. He is retired and living in New Zealand with his second wife. (Angela Kane also remarried; she has held various senior positions at the U.N.) Charles Sobhraj remains imprisoned in Nepal.