Murder of Jessica Lall

identified the person as Manu Sharma, the son of an INC politician and a relative of the former President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma. However, in spite of so many witnesses being present that night nearly all witnesses, including Jessica’s fellow bartender, retracted their initial statements made to the police which again highlights the need for witness protection in India. While the issue was gaining heights, a policeman investigating the case reported to his superiors that Sharma’s family had colluded with some police officials and destroyed evidence. This complaint was strangely ignored. The trial court had acquitted Sharma for lack of evidence . Sharma’s acquittal led to a huge public outrage and there was nationwide “Justice for Jessica” campaign. Meanwhile the Delhi High Court reversed the verdict of the trial Court and held Manu Sharma as guilty. He appealed against the verdict and the Supreme Court held that the prosecution has proved that the accused is guilty beyond reasonable doubt and upheld the conviction of the accused as held by the High…

official explanation. Instead, they claim that he sacrificed his life to save hundreds of other lives that would have been lost had he ejected from the aircraft and left it to crash into a populous city. They investigate and learn that the crash was due to a corrupt defence minister , who had signed a contract exchanging cheap and illegal MiG-21 aircraft spare parts for a personal favour. To their surprise, they learn that the key person who was responsible for organizing the deal was Karan's…