๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ?
He shot Jessica Lal for refusing to serve him a drink in 1999. That murder shocked India. He was initially acquitted of the crime but was re-tried following a huge public outcry and numerous protest campaigns.
Manu Sharma was born a Siddharth Vashishth and now goes by the name of Siddharatha Sharma.
An investigation by TV channel STAR news accused his father, prominent politician Venod Sharma, of bribing witnesses. He later resigned from the Indian National Congress.
Manu Sharma was granted a short-term parole in 2009 but Indian media reported he was spotted visiting nightclubs and got involved in a brawl with the son of police commissioner of Delhi.
Manu Sharma was released from prison in June 2020 for โgood behaviourโ.
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Couple of days back, ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ published an investigative report about Manu Sharma's links to the Scotlandโs whisky industry.
HMRC approved a license to Portavadie Distillers and Blenders to construct a new state-of-the art facility on the site of the โghost villageโ of Polphail, which was built for oil workers but never occupied.
The investigation by The Sunday Post has uncovered the company was handed substantial investment by Piccadily Agro Industries Limited (PAIL) โ the company founded by Sharmaโs family and where he remains part of the โpromoterโ group that owns the majority of the business.
As part of the group, he is a major shareholder, alongside several companies that list Sharma family members as directors.
The investment in Portavadie is reported to be worth around ยฃ15 million.
Piccadily own brands like ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ (whiskey) and ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ (rum).
The conglomerate also owns a chain of hotels, along with print, digital and television media brands.
๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐?
Source: Sunday Post (Link in comments)
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