Mumbai, June 27: Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea, booked for rioting in a women’s prison here along with other inmates, Tuesday moved a court alleging that she was beaten up by the jail officials after the death of a convict sparked a protest in the prison.
Taking note of her complaint, a CBI court, which is hearing the Sheena murder case, directed the prison authorities to produce Indrani before it Wednesday. The former media executive’s lawyer Gunjan Mangla filed an application in the court saying when she went to meet Indrani she told her that she was beaten up by the jail officials after the death of the woman prisoner. “She showed me her bruise marks and injuries which were very prominent on her hands, legs and head,” the lawyer claimed in the application.
Gunjan said Indrani also said that she was verbally abused by jail officials and the superintendent and was threatened of sexual assault for protesting against the death in jail. Following the death of Manju Govind Shette Friday, the enraged inmates rose in protest Saturday, some of them went up to the prison’s terrace while others made a bonfire of newspapers and documents inside the premises to express their anger.Later, the Nagpada police booked nearly 200 inmates of the Byculla jail, including Indrani, for rioting, unlawful assembly, assault on a public servant and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Gunjan said Indrani requested her to bring the incident before the court and seek her production to lodge a complaint against the jail officials. “She informed me that several inmates want to give their statements against the jail officials who were involved in the incident,” the lawyer said. PTI
