New Delhi, Mar 26: Key accused in the Shivani murder case R K Sharma, a senior IPS official, was today granted custodial parole for five days by a Delhi court to allow him to attend his daughter's wedding scheduled for April 20. Sharma was given the liberty by additional sessions judge J M Mallik to choose the five days and intimate the same to the authorities at Tihar Jail, where he is at present lodged on charges of murdering the scribe. However, the judge asked the policemen to accompany Sharma in plaincloth "wherever he travelled including places in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Karnal, Delhi and Allahabad.”
Earlier, the court had granted five hours custodial parole to Sharma to attend to his daughter's engagement ceremony.

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