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From: PVCHR
Communication
Date:
Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:41 PM
Subject:
Mumbai: Woman convict dies after jailors insert lathi into private parts
To:
covdnhrc , NHRC
Cc:
Lenin Raghuvanshi
To,
The
Chairperson
National
Human Rights Commission
New
Delhi
Dear
Sir,
I want
to bring in your kind attention towards the news published on Hindustan Times
regarding Mumbai: Woman convict dies after jailors insert lathi into private
parts
Therefore
it is kind request
1.
To
conduct an inquiry in this incident of custodial death under section 176(1)A
Cr.PC by a Judicial Magistrate
2.
To
provide compensation to the victim's family.
3.
To
ensure Videography of the Post-Mortem Report of the victim& the same is
informed to NHRC.
Thanking
You
Sincerely Yours
Sincerely Yours
Lenin
Raghuvanshi
Founder
and CEO
Peoples'
Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Email:
pvchr.india@gmail.com
Mumbai: Woman convict dies after jailors insert lathi
into private parts
Mumbai city
news: The death triggered a violent protest by other prisoners and some 200 of
them, including former media bigwig Indrani Mukerjea, who is in jail for the
murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, have been booked for rioting
MUMBAI Updated: Jun 27, 2017
15:59 IST
Hindustan Times
Manjula Shetye, the prisoner who died after the assault.(HT)
Jailors of Byculla prison in Mumbai beat up convict Manjula
Shetye, 38, brutally for complaining about two eggs and five pieces of pav
(bread) missing from morning ration, says the first information report filed by
the police on the basis of an eyewitness account.
Hindustan Times has a copy of the FIR and the statement of the
witness, which detail the inhuman behaviour of the jailors, six of whom have
been booked for murder. The death triggered a violent protest by other
prisoners and some 200 of them, including former media bigwig Indrani Mukerjea,
who is in jail for the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, have been booked for
rioting.
According to the documents, the trouble started at 9am on June
23, when Manjula, who was made warden of her barracks because of her good
behaviour, found that the rations fell short by two eggs and five pieces of pav
(bread).
Manjula was called to the jail officer Manisha Pokharkar’s
private room. The witness told police officers investigating the murder that
she heard Manjula scream in pain. Manjula came back to the barrack in a while
and was visibly in pain.
The witness said that soon a group of jailors came to the
barracks and assaulted Manjula once again. The witness said Manjula was
stripped by women constables she identified as Bindu Naikade, Waseema Shaikh,
Shital Shegaonkar, Surekha Gulve and Aarti Shingne.
The witness said Bindu and Surekha then held Manjula’s legs
apart and Waseema inserted the lathi into her private parts.
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Manjula was left bleeding in the barrack, and no help was
offered by the jail authorities, the witness said. It was only after Manjula
fell unconscious in the bathroom that she was taken to the resident doctor at
the jail who immediately asked for her to be transferred to JJ Hospital.
Manjula died at the hospital.
The post-mortem examination report from JJ hospital stated that
Manjura had about 11 to 13 contusions all over her body. The dean of JJ
hospital, TP Lahane, said the woman’s lungs were damaged.
The police started an investigation and based on the witness’
statement ,an FIR accusing the five constables and the jail officer of murder
was filed at Nagpada police station.
Manjula was serving life imprisonment for murdering her
sister-in-law Vidya Shetye. Her mother Godavari Shetye too had been convicted
but had died. On January 4, 1996, Manjula poured kerosene over Vidya, while
Godavari pushed Vidya towards a burning stove. This caused 100 per cent burns
to Vidya who died on January 8, 1996. Vidya’s dying declaration had seen a
sessions court convict Manjula and Godavari, which was later upheld by the
Bombay High Court on October 8, 2009.
Since her conviction, Manjula was lodged at Yerwada jail, and
was moved to Byculla prison about three months back. Manjula’s elder brother
Sharad Shetye a Kalyan resident had told HT, “She was taken to the hospital on
Friday around 7.30 pm and we were informed only at 7 am on Saturday when two
constables from Manpada police station came to inform us. I want to know why it
took them beyond one hour to inform me about my sister’s death.”
