DASNA (GHAZIABAD): Her lips moved nervously in prayer and her hand still clutched the little Hanuman Chalisa as Nupur Talwarentered Ghaziabad's Dasna Jail shortly after 6pm on Monday. The jail authorities did not prevent Nupur from taking the prayer book, which she had clutched all day at the court like a talisman, inside.
That was the only concession she got in a day when two courts turned down her bail pleas in five hours, consigning her for a night at least to the 30x60 square feet Barrack 13 of the jail. It was a fate the dentist had dodged with her legal team for 15 months, but as the day drew to an end she found herself housed with 64 women prisoners in the barrack, some of them charged in murder and dowry cases.
Sources said Nupur initially sat in a corner of the barrack and read from her book. Later in the evening, she surfed TV channels for news about her and also talked to a younger inmate, Chanchal, who is in jail in a dowry case. Sources said she talked to the other women about her case and maintained she was innocent.
Jail superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma said Nupur would not get "special treatment" and would have to use the barrack's common toilet and bathroom. She has to use the mat and the pillow provided by jail authorities, and also follow the routine set in the jail manual. She must be up by 5.30 am, when the head count begins, and have her breakfast - tea and bun/bread - followed by dal, roti, sabzi and rice for lunch and dinner. The barrack is equipped with fans and a TV set. All the inmates keep their clothes beside their mats and eat
out of utensils provided by the authorities.
Around 7.30pm, Nupur was offered dinner. "She seemed to be hungry. She had brinjal, dal, rice and four chapattis, and then watched television," a source said. When Nupur reportedly asked for some books, the authorities handed her the library catalogue and told her to choose books from it. "She will be issued the books she wants on Tuesday," the source said.
The jail has appointed wardens in the barrack to ensure Nupur's safety keeping in view the attack on her husband during his month-long stay in the jail earlier. "We are keeping a tab on each and every movement in Barrack 13, where Nupur has been kept," the jail superintendent said.
Nupur was also given a quick check-up at the jail and found to be in good health, if a little stressed out. "Her blood pressure was 116/90 while her weight is 61kg," said the source.
As special judicial magistrate Preeti Singh has listed Nupur's case for May 3, she is in judicial custody for three days, but if she gets bail on Tuesday, she will not need to stay in the jail for more than a day.
That was the only concession she got in a day when two courts turned down her bail pleas in five hours, consigning her for a night at least to the 30x60 square feet Barrack 13 of the jail. It was a fate the dentist had dodged with her legal team for 15 months, but as the day drew to an end she found herself housed with 64 women prisoners in the barrack, some of them charged in murder and dowry cases.
Sources said Nupur initially sat in a corner of the barrack and read from her book. Later in the evening, she surfed TV channels for news about her and also talked to a younger inmate, Chanchal, who is in jail in a dowry case. Sources said she talked to the other women about her case and maintained she was innocent.
Jail superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma said Nupur would not get "special treatment" and would have to use the barrack's common toilet and bathroom. She has to use the mat and the pillow provided by jail authorities, and also follow the routine set in the jail manual. She must be up by 5.30 am, when the head count begins, and have her breakfast - tea and bun/bread - followed by dal, roti, sabzi and rice for lunch and dinner. The barrack is equipped with fans and a TV set. All the inmates keep their clothes beside their mats and eat
out of utensils provided by the authorities.
Around 7.30pm, Nupur was offered dinner. "She seemed to be hungry. She had brinjal, dal, rice and four chapattis, and then watched television," a source said. When Nupur reportedly asked for some books, the authorities handed her the library catalogue and told her to choose books from it. "She will be issued the books she wants on Tuesday," the source said.
The jail has appointed wardens in the barrack to ensure Nupur's safety keeping in view the attack on her husband during his month-long stay in the jail earlier. "We are keeping a tab on each and every movement in Barrack 13, where Nupur has been kept," the jail superintendent said.
Nupur was also given a quick check-up at the jail and found to be in good health, if a little stressed out. "Her blood pressure was 116/90 while her weight is 61kg," said the source.
As special judicial magistrate Preeti Singh has listed Nupur's case for May 3, she is in judicial custody for three days, but if she gets bail on Tuesday, she will not need to stay in the jail for more than a day.
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