PTI, NEW DELHI: Almost 20 years after model Jessica Lall was gunned down in a restaurant here, her sister Sabrina, who fought a lengthy legal battle for justice, has said she has moved on and has no objection to the killer being released from jail.
Sidhartha Vahishta, better known as Manu Sharma, is serving a life term in Tihar Jail here for the 1999 murder.
Lall said she had received a letter from the jail authorities regarding a victim compensation fund and Sharma’s release last month.
“I replied to that letter and said I had no objection to his release. It’s not so much about forgiveness but it’s about letting go of a burden, something from which I have moved on. For me, it’s about taking a load off me,” she told PTI.
In her reply to the letter sent by the jail authorities, Lall pointed out that Sharma had been helping inmates during the 15 years he had spent in prison.
