Mumbai, June 28: A special CBI court Wednesday allowed Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea to lodge her complaint against Byculla Prison officials here after she was allegedly beaten and threatened of sexual assault for protesting over the death of a woman convict there.
Indrani, who has been booked for rioting in the women’s prison here along with other inmates, was today produced in court after she moved an application Tuesday alleging that she was roughed up by jail officials when inmates protested the death of a 45-year-old woman prisoner Manju Govind Shette.
Special CBI judge J C Jagdale Wednesday said that Indrani be first taken for a medical examination and later to the police station (Nagpada) to file her complaint. Tuesday, the CBI court, which is hearing the Sheena murder case, had directed prison authorities to produce Indrani before it Tuesday.
Wednesday, narrating the incident, Indrani told the court that she was threatened and assaulted after she said that she will give a statement (in connection with the case) to a magistrate under the provisions of section 164 CRPC, which unlike a police statement is admissible in court.
Indrani also said that she had witnessed the woman prisoner being allegedly assaulted. She said that when she first inquired about Shette’s health (prior to her death), she was told that she was fine but later she learnt that she passed away. PTI
