Indrani Mukerjea was arrested in August and has been lodged at the Byculla jail since September 7.
The former media executive, who has been accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, had allegedly made a suicide attempt by overdosing on drugs on Friday morning.
On Friday, Vijay Satbir Singh, Principal Secretary (Home), had said, “It is possible that she kept the medicines given to her and consumed them together later.”
But the police are yet to say how she managed to accumulate the drugs when the jail manual clearly states that a prisoner has to consume medicines in front of jail officials. Ms Mukerjea was having medication for depression on doctors’ advice.
Dr Lahane of JJ Hospital, who is treating Ms Mukerjea, has said according to a urine test report from Hinduja Hospital laboratory, the level of benzodiazepine – an anti-depressant – was found to be extremely high, more than 10 times the normal.
“Normally if a patient is on anti-depressant drug, the level of benzodiazepine in urine is 200. But in Indrani’s case, it is 2088. The report is positive for drug overdose,” Dr Lahane has told news agency Press Trust of India. “Anti-epileptic drugs have already been ruled out. The (test) has come negative. It is only the anti-depressant that has caused the thing (collapse).”
What is also not clear is that while jail officials say Ms Mukerjea collapsed at 6 am while reading the Bhagvad Gita, why she taken to the JJ hospital at 2 pm. No reason has been given for the eight-hour delay in getting treatment for her.
The authorities have said the jail doctors had tried reviving her, but no reason has been given as to why she was not immediately taken to the hospital which is just 10 minutes away.
But 48 hours after she collapsed, the state is yet to action been taken against jail authorities who may have committed lapses.
Government sources say these issues will be explained in the inquiry report that is being prepared by Inspector General of Police (Prisons) Bipin Kumar Singh.
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