Byculla Jail violence | Saw prisoner who died being dragged with dupatta: Indrani Mukerjea

Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea, booked for rioting in a women's prison in Byculla along with other inmates, on Wednesday told the CBI court that she saw prisoner who died being dragged with dupatta around her neck.

The court has permitted Indrani Mukerjea to approach police to lodge her complaint against Byculla prison officials. 

Indrani 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.

Following the death of Manju Govind Shette after allegedly being beaten up by a woman official of the jail on June 23, the enraged inmates rose in protest on 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.

The police had earlier said Manju, whose death triggered protests in the prison, was allegedly tortured and a stick was inserted in her private parts.

"These allegations are part of an FIR filed against the jail staff. We are probing the matter," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3), Akhilesh Singh had said.

The police had earlier suspended six jail staffers and booked them on the charge of murder. The Byculla jail, located in the heart of the city, houses around 251 inmates.

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has taken over the probe into the death of a woman convict who was lodged in the Byculla prison here.

The Commissioner of Mumbai Police has issued an order, as per which the crime branch will investigate the death of convict Manju Shette, the official said.