No bail for jail officials in Manjula Shette death case

A special court for women's cases here today rejected the bail applications of three jail officials arrested in connection with the death of Byculla prison inmate Manjula Shette.
Judge Shayana Patil turned down the bail pleas of Vasima Shaikh, Surekha Gulve and Bindu Naykode.
The accused had contended that Shette had not died due to assault and torture, but had died of tuberculosis.
Special Public Prosecutor Vidya Kasle, however, pointed out that as per the medical report, two injuries on Shette's head and 14 injuries on the rest of her body had probably caused her death.
Of the six jail officials arrested in the aftermath of Shette's death, three had withdrawn their bail applications earlier.

Shette (45), serving a life sentence, had died in a hospital here on June 23 after she was allegedly beaten up by the jail staff.
Her death had sparked a riot in the prison, and the 200- odd inmates, including Indrani Mukerjea, accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, destroyed prison property in the rampage.