He said vipassana is now a part of his daily routine and he does it every morning and evening and recalls all the mistakes he has committed. Sharma said apart from the Gayatri Mantra, his 'vipassana' sessions too helped him fight the depression. I started chanting it every day and after five years, when I counted, I realised I had chanted it almost five crore times," he said. "He advised me to chant Gayatri Mantra one-and-a-half crore times and keep a count of it. He asked me, 'How are you?' I told him I was not feeling well and don't feel like living anymore.
On the first day in Tihar, I met a DDA official, who was in prison for a dowry harassment case. "I was used to a lavish life style before the incident. Recalling the time he spent in jail, he said he had decided he would commit suicide when he first entered Tihar.Īlso Read | 1995 tandoor murder case: Delhi HC orders immediate release of convict Sushil Sharma I have thought about what happened that moment (when he killed Sahni) and what actually led to it and I have learnt my lessons," Sharma said, while standing outside the temple, with a lump in his throat. In the process, one person lost (her) life and the other's life was similar to death. "I admit it was my mistake and I had to suffer for it.
He added that as he looks back, he realises that it was his possessive nature that spelt doom for his marital relationship. Sharma said after he settles his parents, he wants to counsel young couples who are about to get married. I want to spend maximum time with them as they have gone through a lot despite not being at fault," he said. It was a double tragedy for my family when I was also sentenced.
"My younger brother, who was a first-year student of the Hindu College, died in a road accident in 1978. "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?'
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. "My life is a clean slate now and I have to write my A, B, C, Ds afresh," he averred.Īlso Read | What is 1995 tandoor murder case and who is Sushil Kumar Sharma? 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. "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. 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. Now I have plans to visit Shirdi," said Sharma, a former youth Congress leader told PTI after paying obeisance at the temple. I would pray everyday to God and that gave me the hope during my time in jail. "I believe in Sai Baba and goddess Durga. Infamous "tandoor case" convict Sushil Sharma had tears in his eyes as he prayed at the Lodhi Road Sai Temple Sunday.