Indian cop who caught serial killer The Serpent calls him 'a nobody'

Madhukar Zende is unhappy with how Western reports have failed to credit the work of the Indian police in tracking down the killer. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
Retired police assistant commissioner Madhukar Zende (above) now lives in Singapore with his son. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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SINGAPORE - The former assistant commissioner of police who arrested conman and murderer Charles Sobhraj avoids watching shows made about the criminal. The ban includes the latest, the miniseries The Serpent, now showing on Netflix.

"To me, he's a nobody," Mr Madhukar Zende, 83, tells The Sunday Times.

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