Charles Sobhraj, 64, is set to wed a 20-year-old Nepali woman, but jail authorities are unlikely to grant him the permission to do so as the “law does not permit it”. Nihita Biswas, 20, met Sobhraj three months ago at the central jail when she assisted a French Lawyer Isabelle Coutant Peyre hired by Sobhraj. But even after Peyre returned home, Nihita’s meetings with Sobhraj continued. Ever since she met Sobhraj, she fell in love and the “feeling is mutual”, and that it was love at the first sight, she has been quoted as saying.

Nihita would arrive the Central jail in Kathmandu on the dot regularly twice a week as the visiting hours began. And invariably, Sobhraj would give her the list of things he wanted. The prison department is aware that Nihita's mother has approved of her decision to marry Charles Sobhraj. “But all these are something that they should do after the supreme court delivers the judgment . We have no intention of getting into all this,” prison authorities say.

“She used to come regularly. We have now been told that they are already engaged and will soon be wed,” a central jail official said. But the girl has now been told not to come to the jail. “They were found indulging in obscene and indecent activities and the jail inmates as well as other visitors objected to that,” Sthaneshwar Devkota, Director General of Prison told The Indian Express. “I have no idea if this is true. I represent him in the murder case that he is being tried for,” said Basantram Bhandari, senior advocate.

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