Meeting over Manu Sharma's release postponed

NEW DELHI: A meeting of Tihar Jail's sentence review board scheduled for Tuesday to decide on the release of some prisoners, including model Jessica Lall murder convict Manu Sharma, has been postponed.

An official, who is a member of the sentence review board, said the meeting had to be postponed as Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain did not give his consent.

A Delhi government spokesperson claimed no such meeting was scheduled for Tuesday as the minister had not given his consent in the first place.

The sentence review board is a statutory body which has a judge, Delhi home minister, law secretary and home secretary among members. The board was to consider Manu Sharma's release.