New Delhi : Twelve years after Manu Sharma was sentenced to life in prison for killing model Jessica Lal for denying him a drink at a party, her sister Sabrina Lal has said she "forgives him and won’t object to his release."
Sabrina Lal has reportedly written a letter to the welfare officer at Delhi’s Tihar Jail, where Manu Sharma has spent 12 years. "I am told that in this period he has been doing good work for charity and helping inmates in jail which I feel is a reflection of reform… I would like to state I have no objection to his release, owing to the fact that he has spent 15 years in jail," says the letter reported by newspapers including the Hindustan Times.
"I don’t want to hold on to any more anger or hurt. I feel he has served his sentence. I don’t feel there is any need to hanker about the situation," Sabrina Lal told the Times of India newspaper.
Manu Sharma has been moved to an "open jail" on grounds of good conduct. The 41-year-old is allowed to leave the prison every day for work and return in the evening.
Source: NDTV
