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Manjula Shetye case: Jailor looked shaky, says Arthur Rd inmate

The staffer told me that I am also a rebel like Manjula and I too would meet the same fate, says Salma Ansari

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One of the inmates of Byculla prison in her police statement had claimed that jailor Manisha Pokharkar looked worried and could sense problems ahead for her after convict and warden Manjula Shetye was allegedly assaulted by the prison staff and she had fallen unconscious, in June this year.

Co-inmate Salma Ansari was shifted from Yerwada prison to Byculla prison along with Shetye. Ansari said, "After the assault, one of the arrested jail staffers came to me and informed me that Manjula is handicapped for a month now as we have badly assaulted her. You are the next in turn, be careful and mind your step. The staffer told me that I am also a rebel like Manjula and I too would meet the same fate."

After Shetye was assaulted, her health deteriorated. Later, when she did not respond the jail staff rushed her to J J hospital. "Pokharkar could see problems coming and she left her son, who used to accompany her to the jail, to a prisoner and rushed Shetye to hospital. She looked very worried," said Ansari.

Manjula was assaulted by Pokharkar and other jail officials on June 23, 2017. The jail officials took rounds in assaulting her with sticks. Pokharkar kicked Shetye on her back and waist. After she passed away, the prisoners raised their voice against the violence and went on a rampage in the jail.

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