Indrani Mukerjea claims she was beaten up, threatened with sexual assault in jail
Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea, booked along with other inmates in a women’s prison for rioting sparked by the death of a convict, moved a court on Tuesday alleging she was beaten up by the jail officials and threatened with sexual assault.
Taking note of her complaint, a CBI court, which is hearing the Sheena murder case, directed the prison authorities to produce Indrani before it on Wednesday. In another development, police said that Manju Govind Shette, whose death sparked the protests in the prison, was allegedly tortured and a stick was inserted in her private parts.
Manju, 45, died at the government-run JJ Hospital on Friday night after allegedly being beaten up by a woman official of the jail on June 23. “These allegations are part of the FIR filed against the jail staff. We are probing the matter,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3), Akhilesh Singh said.
The Nagpada police, investigating the case, have filed an offence of murder against the jail staff.”We are seeking information from eyewitnesses and other inmates in this connection,” a police official said.
Gunjan Mangla, the lawyer of Indrani, filed an application in the court saying when she went to meet the media executive she told …read more
