Mumbai: Indrani Mukherjea, accused of murdering her daughter Sheen Bora, was on Friday admitted to the JJ hospital in Mumbai with initial complaints of chest pain but as per the dean of the hospital, Indrani could have overdosed on anti-epilepsy pills, leading to speculation that she might have attempted suicide.
"She was brought here at 2 pm. She is unconscious since then. We have done the MRI. We think she has consumed some tablets," T P Lahane, Dean of J J Hospital, said.
"We have taken her gastric lavage and sent it to the forensic for investigation. There is respiratory repression. We are giving oxygen and she is admitted in CCU, said Lahane.
"Whatever toxic has been there, if it has been gone out of the body, then I think, it should be clear to us within the next 24 hours to check the response. It will be take at least 24 hours," he said.
Indrani started taking medicines prescribed by a doctor from September 11 but was supposed to stop taking them on September 26, prison department sources said.
Prison officials, who were tasked to monitor her medication, have been asked to explain how Indrani got hold of tablets more than her dosage.
Anti-epileptic drugs are given to control seizures and an overdose can put the person in a comatose state, a senior doctor said
There was speculation that Indrani was under depression and had attempted suicide by consuming some pills.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis told CNN-IBN that an Inquiry has been ordered which will be headed by Inspector General Prisons.
Indrani is the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena and the case is being investigated by the CBI at present.
Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai have been arrested on the charge of murdering Sheena and disposing of her body in a Raigad forest in April 2012.
The police had exhumed remains of a body from Raigad forest and later claimed that digital superimposition of the profile of Sheena had matched with the skull recovered from the forest.
Sheena was allegedly strangled in a car, then her body was burnt and dumped at a forest in Raigad, about 84 kms from Mumbai.
(With inputs from PTI)
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