Johnson Cherian.
The Nagpada police on Sunday registered an FIR against inmates of the women’s prison in Byculla in connection with the riot that occured at the prison following an inmates’s death on Friday. Among those named in the FIR include Indrani Mukerjea, an undertrial in the Sheena Bora murder case.
On Friday morning, Manjula Shette, a murder convict, was allegedly assaulted by jail staff and she died in the evening, which led to a riot in the prison. The furious inmates set fire to newspapers and furniture, and went up to the roof, raising slogans against the prison guards.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III) Akhilesh Singh said that the FIR was registered on Sunday against 200 inmates of the prison, inluding Ms. Mukerjea who, prima facie, seems to have participated in the riot. The inmates have been booked for rioting, assault to deter public servants from doing their duty, mischief by fire or explosive and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The police have also registered a separate FIR of murder under the IPC against the prison guards in connection with Shette’s death, and are now recording statements from guards as well as inmates at the prison.
