Indrani episode: Probe focusing on 'poisoning' angle
October 05, 2015  20:44
In a new twist in the ongoing probe into former media magnate Indrani Mukerjea's sudden hospitalisation over suspected drug overdose, a senior Maharashtra home department official today said it was also being ascertained whether she was "poisoned" inside the jail.

"Prima facie it seems unlikely that she stored the drugs for several days and then ate all of it at one go. Also, we do not see any motive for a prison official to have helped her to attempt suicide. 

"If that is the case, we will not hesitate to issue suspension orders for anybody who tried to help her attempt suicide," the official, who is privy to investigation headed by IG (Prisons) into the suspected drug overdose, told PTI.

"When these logical ways of the drug reaching her seem a very distant possibility, what we are focusing now is if somebody tried to poison her. The investigating officer is recording statements of everybody who comes in contact with Indrani in the jail, including prison officials, other inmates and cooks," the official said on condition of anonymity.
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