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Vikramaditya Motwane’s Black Warrant has been creating waves since its release on Netflix recently. The web series Black Warrant, which is based on the real-life experiences of Sunil Gupta, a former Tihar Jail superintendent, and his journey as a jailer. In a recent interview, jailor Sunil Gupta, whose role has been played by Zahan Kapoor on the show, opened up about his real-life encounter with the serial killer Charles Sobhraj.
Narrating the situation which happened back in 1981, when he first came to Tihar jail for a job with offer letter in hand, Sunil shared, “When I came there with the offer letter, they said that this was sent two months ago. However, I was working in Railways prior to that, I had to resign that permanent job and complete my notice period. I had even given an intimation with a letter regarding that. Sir said that I wasn’t given any intimation. I was stressed because I had left my previous Railway job for this. I tried talking to him with an approach of a senior individual RP Singhal, so they didn’t send me away instantly and I came outside and sat to wait for a while.”
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Charles Sobhraj entered the corridor with confidence and asked for an introduction. “By then, a person in proper suit, tie, perfect shoes came up to me confidently. I was sitting on the sofa and stood up for him. He asked, ‘Are you new here?’ I told him that I am new here and I have come here for the post of an assistant superintendent. He asked me, ‘Is he harassing you?’ and I said yes. I had no clue who he was. He asked me to wait there and went inside,” he said.
In a government job, you are given an offer letter and then you have to answer that with a joining letter. Then, on the basis of that joining letter, they issue a letter stating you have been hired. “After a while, that person came with a letter which said that I have been hired in the jail’s strength. I felt like God sent an angel for me. Later on, I came to know that he was Charles Sobhraj. It showed his power and approach. I had thought that he was a senior officer. Look at the impunity with which he was just roaming around, when he was already a prisoner. Tihar jail was actually being ruled by him,” Sunil added.
The jailor also elaborated on the rumours about the criminal Charles having the privilege to meet his girlfriend in the jail premises. “What I had heard was that Charles Sobhraj had recorded a senior jail officer’s conversations on dictaphone and he was blackmailing them through that. He even used an officer’s room to spend time with his girlfriend,” he revealed.
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