My life is a clean slate now, I've to write my A, B, C, Ds afresh: Tandoor case convict

December 23, 2018 18:02

Infamous "tandoor case" convict Sushil Sharma had tears in his eyes as he prayed at the Lodhi Road Sai Temple on Sunday.

"I believe in Sai Baba and goddess Durga. I would pray everyday to God and that gave me the hope during my time in jail. Now I have plans to visit Shirdi," said Sharma, a former youth Congress leader said after paying obeisance at the temple.

Sharma walked out a free man from Tihar Jail Friday night after serving close to 23 years for killing his wife Naina Sahni and then trying to dispose of her body in a tandoor in 1995 at the roof of erstwhile 4-star hotel Ashok Yatri Niwas, now Royal Plaza, at Ashok Road in the heart of the capital.

"I also wanted to go to Vaishno Devi with my parents but they are now quite aged and won't be able to travel," he said.

He said his life is a clean slate at this moment and the feeling that he is out of the jail has not yet sunk in.

"My life is a clean slate now and I have to write my A, B, C, Ds afresh," he averred.

Sharma, who will be celebrating his 60th birthday on January 24 as a free bird, said his focus now is to serve his aged parents, who have suffered "for no fault" of theirs.

"Every day, before going to bed, my father, who is now 85, would think, 'Will I be able to see my son walk out of the jail while I am still alive?'

"My younger brother, who was a first-year student of the Hindu College, died in a road accident in 1978. It was a double tragedy for my family when I was also sentenced. I want to spend maximum time with them as they have gone through a lot despite not being at fault," he said.

Sharma said after he settles his parents, he wants to counsel young couples who are about to get married.

-- PTI

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