Indrani Mukerjea among 200 booked for jail riot

Mumbai:Nearly 200 inmates of a women’s prison here, including Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, have been booked for rioting after they allegedly staged a protest over the death of a convict here.

The spark for the protest was the death of 45-year-old Manju Govind Shette, a convict, at the government-run J.J. Hospital on Friday night after allegedly being beaten up by a woman official of Byculla Jail.

Following Shette’s death, the next day, enraged women inmates rose in protest, some of them went up to the prison’s roof while some others made a bonfire of newspapers inside the premises to express their anger, a police official said.

Subsequently, six jail staffers were placed under suspension. Indrani, lodged in the Byculla prison after arrest in August 2015, is among nearly 200 inmates against whom a case was on Sunday registered for rioting, unlawful assembly, assault on public servant and other relevant sections under the Indian Penal Code, a police official said on Monday.