Her complaint that two eggs and five pieces of pav (bread) were missing from the morning rations for her barracks apparently triggered a horrific assault by jailors that led to the death of Manjula Shetye, 38, in Mumbai’s Byculla jail.
Manjula was called to the jail officer Manisha Pokhara’s private room. A group of jailors came to the prison and assaulted Manjula after she came back from the room. Manjula was stripped by women constables she identified as Bindu Naikade, Waseema Shaikh, Shital Shegaonkar, Surekha Gulve and Aarti Shingne.
Bindu and Surekh held Manjula’s legs apart and Waseema inserted the lathi into her private parts.
Manjula was left bleeding in the barrack, and no help was offered by the jail authorities. 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.
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