Mumbai: A lawyer representing the six jail officials arrested in connection with the death of Byculla prison inmate Manjula Shette argued on Tuesday that the injury marks on her body, which have been mentioned in the autopsy report, appeared after her death.
A special court for women’s cases was hearing the bail applications filed by the accused. Vaibhav Bhagade, the accused’s lawyer, said Shette was suffering from ailments and showed symptoms of tuberculosis. Mr. Bhagade said, “The patches on her body developed after death. There was a four-hour gap between the inquest ‘panchnama’ and the autopsy. The doctors mistakenly termed them as ‘signs of injuries’.”
He said that the statements of witnesses contradicted the FIR and no one other than the complainant spoke about Shette’s private parts being violated during the assault. He alleged that the prosecution tampered with the CCTV footage inside the prison.
