Indrani interrogated along with husband Peter Mukerjea.
By Dileep Thekkethil
A week after the police took INX Media co-founder Indrani Mukerjea into custody for allegedly murdering her firstborn daughter Sheena Bora, the Mumbai police on Wednesday brought her current husband and former Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea for a face-to-face thorough interrogation.
The Times of India reported, quoting unnamed sources, that Indrani Mukerjea finally admitted to a role in the murder of Sheena Bora. For a week she had maintained that Bora was alive, and living in the US. But she reportedly broke down after meeting her daughter Vidhie, from her second marriage, in court, and later admitted to the murder.
Peter Mukerjea reached the Khar Police station on Wednesday morning after he was asked to be present for recording statement. Following this, Indrani’s ex-husband and a co-accused in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case Sanjeev Khanna along with his driver Shyam Rai were brought for questioning.
Sheena Bora who was introduced to other by Indrani as her sister was allegedly murdered by her mother with the assistance of Sanjeev Khanna, who the ex-husband of Indrani and driver Shyam Rai. The killing of Sheena reportedly took place some time back in 2012, but the perpetrators made other believe that she went to the US for higher studies.
This is not the first time that Peter is visiting the police station in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. Last week, he went to the station with a written statement which was not accepted by the police. He was told by the police that they would call him for a detailed questioning soon.
In the meanwhile, the Mumbai police with the help of Kolkata police conducted a search in the house of Sanjeev Khanna who is said to have seized his laptop.
After the arrest of Indrani, Peter had told to the media that he was informed by Sheena that Indrani is not her sister but her mother. According to him, there was no reason to believe that because his wife denied such a claim even though he found it “difficult to digest”.
Peter also said that his son Rahul Mukherjea, who was engaged to Sheena, told him some time back in 2011 that Indrani is Sheena’s mother, but he refused to believe that too.
During Monday’s hearing, the court extended police custody of Indrani and her two accomplices – Sanjeev Khanna and Shyam Rai – till September 5. All three are accused of murdering Sheena and gruesomely cutting her into pieces, stocking it in a suitcase and later burning it in the forest to destroy evidence.