Sharmila refuses personal recognizance bond, sent to custody

Imphal: Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast unto death since November 4, 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, on Tuesday rejected an offer for a personal recognizance bond for getting bail.
After her refusal, she was sent to judicial custody.
The law under which she is detained envisages keeping her for a year at one go, and she is released at the end of each year.
Sharmila is being held on charges of trying to commit suicide, which she has been vehemently denying.
On Tuesday, when the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Imphal West, offered her the bail, she rejected it saying she does not agree with the charge levelled against her.
Coming out of the court, Sharmila told reporters that though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been saying that his government has taken up many developmental works, there were many drawbacks.
After she rejected the bail offer, she was taken to the security ward of J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal where she has been staying all these years. (PTI)