Serving a life sentence, a 43-year-old murder convict of Indian Oil Corporation sales manager S Manjunath stepped out of jail last Sunday after the Uttar Pradesh government ordered his premature release.
IIM Lucknow graduate, 27-year-old Manjunath, was killed in 2005 for exposing corruption and an oil adulteration racket in Lakhimpur Kheri where he was posted.
“A year back, the proposal for consideration of premature release of convicts Shivkesh Giri alias Lalla Giri and Vivek Sharma (44) was sent to the state government. After legal process, government ordered the premature release of Lalla Giri. We released Lalla Giri on January 8 this year. The proposal of Vivek Sharma for premature release is pending,” Vipin Mishra.Superintendent, Lakhimpur Kheri district jail, told The Indian Express.
