Jessica Lall convict Manu Sharma back in Tihar Jail
Updated On: 10 November, 2009 01:59 PM IST | IANS
Manu Sharma, convicted for his role in the murder of model Jessica Lall, voluntarily returned to the Tihar jail here on Tuesday following the raging controversy over the state government's decision to grant him parole for two months.
Manu Sharma, convicted for his role in the murder of model Jessica Lall, voluntarily returned to the Tihar jail here on Tuesday following the raging controversy over the state government's decision to grant him parole for two months.
"He surrendered voluntarily before the Tihar Jail administration just before noon today (Tuesday)," a jail official said.
"However, the decision on cancelling his parole has not been taken yet," he added.
Undergoing life imprisonment for murder of Lall in 1999, Sharma was granted parole on the ground that his mother was seriously ill and he had to attend to family business matters.
His parole was extended October 22 for 30 more days on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's recommendation to Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna.
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Last Friday, however, Sharma went partying in two New Delhi hotels - Ashok and Samrat. The Dikshit-led Congress government came under severe criticism for releasing Sharma on parole when news of this broke. Sharma is the son of a Congress politician from Haryana.
On top of that, on Saturday, his mother Shakti Rani looked hale and hearty when she was seen at the family-run Piccadilly Hotel in Chandigarh, holding a press conference about a women's cricket tournament.
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