The much-awaited movie Inspector Zende was released on Netflix on September 2, 2025. Following its release , Inspector Zende has remained at the top of the list of most-watched movies of the week in India.
Directed by Chinmay Mandlekar, Inspector Zende revolves around a team of Mumbai Police and how they nabbed the notorious 'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj. Notably, the makers of the movie have changed the name of Charles Sobhraj to Carl Bhojraj.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you have already watched the movie on Netflix and digging deep into Inspector Zende Real Story or Inspector Zende True Story. Moreover, what happened to Charles Sobhraj after he was arrested again by the Mumbai Police officer Inspector Zende? Continue reading below-
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee plays the character of real life Mumbai Police officer Madhukar Zende. Inspector Madhukar Zende, had arrested Charles Sobhraj on April 6, 1986 in Goa. On the other hand, Jim Sarbh plays the character of Carl Bhojraj. In real life, Carl Bhojraj's name is Charles Sobhraj.
Charles had escaped from Delhi’s Tihar Jail in March 1986 after feeding the guards drug-laced food during a 'party' in the heavily-guarded prison complex. He then chose Goa as his hideout. However, his love for O’Coqueiro restaurant’s telephone service, a highway restaurant in Porvorim in Goa, led to his arrest from the coastal state.
After getting arrested, Charles aka Carl (in the movie) remained in jail and did not scape after that. Charles' sentence in India was extended, and he remained imprisoned in India until 1997 before later being arrested in Nepal in 2003 and released in 2022 to return to France.
Charles remained in Nepal jail for 19 years. Charles also spent 21 years in jail in India.
