Zaheda Pervez Asks for New Mattress | Indore News -

INDORE: The key conspirator accused in the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood, Zaheda Parvez is having a tough time at the district jail here and is uncomfortable with the mat provided to her. She has demanded for a new mattress for herself stating that the mat provided to her was not comfortable. The jail staff has turned down her demand stating that the jail manual has no such provision.

Talking to ToI, the jail superintendent, Dinesh Nargawe, said that Zaheda Parvez has asked for a new mattress. There is no such provision in the jail manual, which states that an accused be provided with any special arrangement inside the prison. Here she is equal to all other inmates and has been provided with a mat that is provided to all, he added.

Zaheda Parvez and her friend Saba Farooqui, co-accused in the case, have been lodged in the district jail, Indore while the other accused, Saquib alias Danger who is alleged to have arranged the shooters, is lodged in the Indore Central Jail. Another accused, Irfan, who was arrested by the special task force of Uttar Pradesh police in Kanpur in connection with another case is in CBI custody. Download The Times of India News App for Latest City .