Glamour Vs Power: Revisiting The Jessica Lall Case, One Of India’s Most Sensational Murders To Date

Model Jessica Lall was shot dead by Manu Sharma, son of a former Haryana Congress leader Venod Sharma. The case went on for almost seven years before Manu was sentenced to life by the Delhi High Court.

Manu asked Jessica to serve them liquor but the latter turned down the request (Image: Instagram/Humans Of Bombay)

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A high-profile party in the heart of Delhi, elite attendees, a celebrity bartender, and the son of an influential politician: the Jessica Lall murder case had all the elements one would see in a Bollywood movie. The murder case — where model Jessica Lall was shot dead by Siddharth Vashisht aka Manu Sharma, son of former Haryana Congress leader Venod Sharma, after she refused him another drink — remains one of the most sensational ones in the country to date.   In this edition