Jigna Vora was accused of murder in 2011 and sent to Byculla Jail as an undertrial. Seven years later, she was acquitted and penned her experience in a book titled ‘Behind Bars in Byculla’.
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00:00I have been labelled as a murderer. I have been labelled as an underworld lady.
00:04I was crying. I was not knowing what was happening to me.
00:08I covered 2611 trial of Kassab and in the same courtroom I was on the other side of
00:29the law as an accused.
00:59I had totally collapsed mentally and physically and I had no clue what is in store, what
01:07is inside Lalgate, I was not aware of at all.
01:11So the moment I entered that face, that barrack, some female from corner just said, nahi randi
01:21So that's a very bad language.
01:29You have to literally remove all your clothes and they used to make you sit and stand up
01:35and sit down five times, totally naked.
01:39And above all, I was, yes, you know, going through, I was having periods, I was on the
01:46third day and they told, no, no, I requested, no, I am charming, I cannot now remove my
01:52panty.
01:53They told, no, you have to.
01:54That's a rule, is a rule.
01:55And I removed it and I was crying.
01:58I was not knowing what is happening to me.
02:06Small, small things started mattering a lot, like toothpaste, brush, toothbrush, soap,
02:12which outside we don't consider at all.
02:15Jail is basically, you know, a place where your survival is at stake.
02:21Here, while I was out, though now things have changed, now I am very conscious and aware,
02:27we just, you know, open the tap and water is dropping and bucket is full and still water
02:33is going and we are not bothered about water.
02:38But in jail, I struggled for 20 days to take a, once I got order from court for a hot water
02:45bath.
02:59I was called at 7 o'clock by jailer and I was told, letter aagaya hai.
03:04And I was like, I didn't understand what letter aagaya hai.
03:08She told, tumhara packet aagaya hai.
03:11I was like, kaunsa packet?
03:12So she told, letter, memo.
03:14And I was so, arey, I jumped.
03:17So finally today I am going to really get released from this place.
03:25People become judgmental about a person going to prison.
03:30We are labelled as, for what we have gone.
03:34Suppose I was, you know, accused in murder case.
03:39So it is labelled that she is murderer.
03:41Actually society should accept, everyone should be given second chance.
03:45Whether they have done or they have not done, that's a secondary thing.