Jail authorities have ruled out drug overdose and “attempt to murder” angles in the Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea’s sudden collapse in prison last week and are now focusing on a “new angle”, a senior Home Department official said on Thursday.
The official, privy to probe into the last Friday’s episode at Byculla Women’s Prison, where Indrani fell unconscious, said focus on altogether a different angle has led authorities to defer submission of their report by a few days. The report was to be submitted this week. He, however, declined to elaborate on the angle authorities are focusing on.
Indrani was rushed to JJ Hospital after she fell unconscious. She was discharged last Tuesday. “Going by the information gathered till now, it seems highly unlikely that Indrani could attempt suicide. She has denied attempting suicide and anti-anxiety medicines were being given to her in the presence of a jail doctor. Also, she had no place to hide medicines in her cell,” he said.
“Attempt to murder” theory has been discarded because the food provided to her is cooked by inmates themselves. If somebody wanted to murder her, there would have been a long chain to follow. This could not have been possible without the support of other inmates. The Investigating Officer has taken statements of people who have come in contact with Indrani in jail,” he said.