Manu Sharma, serving a life sentence for murder of model Jessica Lal, returned to Tihar Jail yesterday on his own 12 days before his parole expired after a controversy raged over alleged parole violation by him. In a significant development, Delhi police sent a letter to the Delhi government confirming his presence at a night bar in a city hotel.<br/><br/> With its decision to grant parole to the 32-year-old convict coming under intense criticism, the Sheila Dixit Government also sought a report from city police asking whether he violated parole norms following reports about his presence at night bars and allegedly entering into a scuffle there.<br/><br/> Manu came back to Tihar's Jail this morning though his parole was to end only on the 22 nd of this month. Sharma was awarded life imprisonment for the murder of Jessica Lal in 1999.<br/><br/> A controversy erupted after Sharma along with a friend Sahil Dhingra was reportedly spotted at bar last week in violation of his parole norms which prescribed him to be only in Chandigarh.