Manu Sharma
| Siddharth Vashisht | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 (age 40) |
| Other names | Manu Sharma. |
| Occupation | Pub owner |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Convicted |
| Parent(s) |
Venod Sharma (father) Shakti Rani Sharma (mother) |
| Motive | Refusal to be served alcohol |
| Conviction(s) | 18 December 2006 |
Siddharth Vashisht (born 1977), better known as Manu Sharma, is a convicted murderer, serving life imprisonment for the 1999 murder of model Jessica Lal. Sharma is the son of the former Indian National Congress minister Venod Sharma.
Manu Sharma is one of several high-profile criminals brought to trial in India through media activism. Along with that of some other murderers, his conviction is viewed as demonstrating the impact of the general public in correcting imbalances in the Indian legal process.
Sharma was born in 1977 to Venod Sharma and Shakti Rani Sharma. His father was a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha in the 1990s, elected on an Indian National Congress ticket. He was later elected to the Haryana legislature. His uncle is the son-in-law of former President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma. The family owns two sugar mills, at Indri in Haryana, and Patran in Punjab.
Sharma suffers from asthma and for this reason was favoured during his childhood. He was educated at the elite Mayo College in Ajmer. He then completed two years of undergraduate courses in Commerce at a college in Chandigarh. Sharma initially thought of completing an MBA, but he joined the family business instead. His father then directed him to manage the family mill at Bhadson in Karnal.
Since the late 1990s, Sharma also built up the Piccadilly hotel chain including Blue Ice in Chandigarh (opened in 2002), and a theatre.
On 22 April 2015, Sharma married his friend in a low-profile ceremony at his residence in Chandigarh. It is said that they knew each other for ten years and the marriage was delayed due to conviction.
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