He tracked and nabbed serial killer Charles Sobhraj twice. Let’s hear the thrilling details from the man himself!
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00:00I just say I'm Charles
00:02You say who's Charles? Are you crazy?
00:04Don't forget I'm same gender
00:061471
00:30Near the Taj for 5-6 days
00:38And fortunately for us
00:4011th November
00:42This month only
00:44He was coming with a suit and walking
00:46And we had taken a taxi in Cognito
00:48To SRV
00:50I went and found someone
00:52He was trying to take off the revolver
00:54He had a revolver
00:56He was a black belt
00:58He would not speak anything
01:00And then
01:02We searched him
01:04And we found
01:06Receipts of 3 different hotels where he had kept his associates
01:08Those 3 associates
01:10And we caught about 5 rifles
01:126-7 revolvers
01:14Smoke bombs
01:16Big big arsenal
01:18Big news those days
01:20But before that what he had done was
01:22He had committed robbery in Ashoka hotel in Delhi
01:24And from there
01:26He had escaped
01:28So he was wanted in that case
01:30When Delhi police came to know that he is arrested
01:32They immediately came and took him away
01:34So I was given a reward of 1500 rupees
01:36Those days by the commissioner
01:46Blackout started
01:48And in that blackout
01:50He took advantage, he got admitted in hospital
01:52And escaped
01:56I was called in court
01:58For giving evidence against him
02:00For his arrest
02:02So when I went
02:04I was in CID
02:06I went in plain clothes with my wife
02:08So when I went to the court
02:10By this time he had already committed
02:12More than 40 murders
02:14He was the most dangerous criminal
02:16So he was escorted by a platoon
02:18Of 30 people
02:20With 3 inspectors, 10 guns and all that
02:22So while he was escorted
02:24While he was being brought to court
02:26I got a big voice
02:28What was the need of such a big escort
02:30For a useless man
02:32So some Punjabi was standing by my side
02:34Do you know who he is?
02:36Yes I know him, he is Sobhraj
02:38I was the one who caught him
02:40He thought he was bitten by a mad dog
02:42So then I was called inside
02:44For giving evidence
02:46After my evidence
02:48By that time people asked my wife
02:50What did he say, who is he?
02:52She said he is the inspector who caught him
02:54She told the story
02:56When I came out
02:58They all surrounded me
03:00Sir how did you catch him?
03:14That time
03:16Afternoon Courier published my photo
03:18And all those old photographs
03:20We have an inspector who knows Sobhraj
03:22DGP has about more than
03:248000 inspectors under him
03:26He would not know who has done what work
03:28Because of this newspaper
03:30He knew that there is one inspector
03:32So as soon as he
03:34He said call Jaindya
03:36So 9 o'clock morning I got message
03:38Go and see DG
03:40We never see DG in our life, he is a very big officer
03:42I was afraid, why is DG calling me?
03:44I went to him and then I explained
03:46How I had arrested him
03:48I told him that he is a very
03:50Bizarre man
03:52He never cares about police
03:54Even though he knew that police
03:56Likely to come
03:58He came to
04:00Rob Jaindya building
04:10And in Goa
04:12We first went to
04:14Telephones, we have to go to CTO
04:16CTO for booking call
04:18So there Mr. Manager told me
04:20Sir, no one comes here
04:22There is a hotel there, we have a staff connection
04:24You get direct line
04:26So mostly foreigners go there, you try there
04:28One commissioner with only 2 officers
04:30Send some help
04:32So he immediately sent 2 vehicles and 5-6 officers
04:3410.30 that
04:36Hindustan-Pakistan match was going on
04:38All my colleagues were sitting
04:40I saw 2 people getting down from a taxi
04:42With black caps
04:44White caps, why they are wearing 10.30
04:46I started looking from his gate
04:48I realized this is Subrao
04:50I immediately sat down just
04:52Table before him, behind him
04:54Because he is looking very sharp
04:56So I wrote down a piece of paper
04:58And called that waiter
05:00Told him, there is another officer
05:02He was supposed to be there
05:04First time I told him we are police team
05:06Police team gives him this message
05:082 should go out and catch the driver
05:102 should go in the veranda
05:12And accordingly
05:14He gave a message to officers
05:16The officers who went to inquire
05:18With the driver, he has
05:20Personal
05:22Loyalty for the customer
05:24He thought why they are inquiring
05:26He wanted to come and tell
05:28So as I saw him coming
05:30I said there is no time investing
05:32I went and found someone
05:34I just said Charles
05:36He said who is Charles, are you crazy
05:38He said don't forget I am same GND
05:40But still he tried to pick up his revolver
05:42But the other officer removed
05:44We didn't have
05:46All the handcuffs
05:48But I took all the
05:50Strings and all
05:52And tied him down like a
05:54Bedding, put him in a taxi
05:56And I remembered that
05:58From here I can telephone
06:00Anywhere in world
06:02I phoned my commissioner
06:04He was so, are you sure
06:06I said no not 100%, 1000%
06:08He said now you don't wait there
06:10Don't tell anybody, you straight away come
06:12So 10 hours we travelled
06:14And we came to Mumbai
06:16By that time news had come out
06:18A special plane had come from
06:20Delhi to take him
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