Indrani’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna held Bora down, confesses Rai.
By Dileep Thekkethil
The Sheena Bora murder case is once again making headlines after Shyamvar Rai, the accused-turned-approver and the driver of the main accused Indrani Mukerjea in a 12-page statement said Mukerjea strangulated her daughter inside a car on April 24, 2012.
According to the statement, Indrani instructed both Rai and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna to assist her in the crime. While Rai covered her mouth, Khanna held Sheena tightly.
The CBI Special court hearing the case has handed over the statement to all the accused, including Indira’s husband, ex-media baron Peter Mukerjea on Friday.
The statement recorded in Hindi also says that the pistol police retrieved from Rai during the time of his arrest in 2015 August was in fact mailed to him by Indrani. Rai also claims that Indrani’s assistant Kajal Sharma asked him to accept three months’ severance pay and leave.
“Indrani madam Sheena Ke mandi par baith Ke Sheena ka gala daba rahi thi…Sheena ne jor se meri ungli Kat li. Meri ungli se khoon nikla. Indrani madam Sheena Ke muh Ke upar baith gayii (Indrani sat on top of Sheena and was strangling her. Sheena bit my finger. It was bleeding) …” reads a portion of the statement.
Rai also added that after the murder of Sheena, both Sanjeev and Indrani were talking something but he couldn’t understand it as they spoke in English. But, he recalls in the statement that in the course of their conversation names of Mikhail (Indrani’s son), Rahul (Peter’s son) and Worli came up.
Interestingly, the statement given by Rai has no mention about Peter Mukherjea. Recently, the court allowed Rai to turn approver in the case after he applied to accept his plea to be an approver in the case and said he wanted to “disclose all truths” about what happened in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had told the special judge HS Mahajan that they had no objection in turning Rai into an approver. Now, Rai will appear in the court as a prosecution witness.
Four of the accused, including Peter, was arrested by the CBI and a charge sheet was filed against them in last November for conspiracy and murder.