In what turned out to be a shocking revelation, the #SheenaMurderMystery is getting murkier. Indrani Mukerjea has, according to the police, confessed to the murder she was arrested for two days ago.
Reports also say that Indrani had allegedly impersonated Sheena after her death.
Mumbai Police team reaches Guwahati
FLASH: Mumbai Police reaches Mikhail Bora's residence in Guwahati. pic.twitter.com/3xShnfRBoI
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 27, 2015
Mikhail Bora to be quizzed shortly.
Top Mumbai cop reaches Khar PS
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria reaches Khar police station to question Rahul Mukerjea.
Sheena Bora murder case: Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria reaches Khar police station. pic.twitter.com/Z81aEVaxY4
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 27, 2015
Mikhail speaks out
“There is a property issue. Maybe I am target to get this house. By killing me, grandparents they will get it,” Mikhail said from Guwahati.
He also said he has some evidence – the conversation between Peter and Sheena. “I have evidence- it is conversation between Peter M and Sheena, I have photographs too, including Rahul. Have some photographs as evidence of how relationship was btwn these guys. If police comes today I’ll give evidence right away.”
On being asked whether he was feeling threatened, Mikhail said, “The next target for them is me. So, Yes I am.”
“This is the first time I have heard his (Sanjeev Khanna) name through the media,” he added.
The Family Tree
Sanjeev Khanna’s involvement being probed
Mumbai police on Thursday showed Sanjeev Khanna, ex-husband of Indrani Mukerjea, a detailed bill of his mobile phone. The bill had details of his conversations with Indrani Mukerjea in April 2012, around the time Sheena Bora was killed.
Reports say that Sanjeev was silent when asked about these phone calls.
In Pics: Life and times of Indrani Mukerjea
Reports revealed that during questioning, Khanna allegedly told Mumbai police that he wanted Indrani Mukerjea and his daughter Vidhie back in his life.
It was also said that Rahul Mukerjea and Sheena Bora were allegedly living together in a flat in Khar, Mumbai. Police questioned Rahul and Peter Mukerjea on Wednesday.
However, Rahul has been questioned again on Thursday and Peter is also likely to be questioned again. During interrogation, Rahul said he met Sheena on the day of her murder. He also said that she left soon after her mother Indrani called her.
Rahul added that Sheena went to meet Indrani who was with her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and their driver. However, he said that he tried speaking to Sheena and tried calling on her number several times, but couldn’t get through her phone. He also said that he had filed the missing person’s complaint about Sheena but it was ignored
Meanwhile, Mumbai police took Rahul to the flat to verify the location which is part of the investigation.
Police claimed that Sheena was last seen alive in a car with Indrani Mukerjea, her driver Shyam Rai, and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna.
Motives for the alleged killing
Police said it has narrowed down two possible motives for the alleged killing by Indrani Mukerjea.
The first being, Indrani was upset that Sheena, 22, was dating Rahul, Peter’s son from an earlier marriage.
Peter had on Wednesday said that while his wife (Indrani) and he were not happy with their children dating, they “were grown-ups and exercised their options.”
The other possible motive they have drawn up is a financial tangle that involved INX Media, of which Indrani was the CEO.
Peter Mukherjea likely to be questioned today
Mumbai: Former Star TV CEO Peter Mukherjea, husband of the accused Indrani Mukherjea, is likely to be questioned by the police today in connection with Sheena Bora murder case.
The police had questioned Peter Mukherjea‘s son Rahul Mukherjea on Wednesday night.
Indrani Mukherjee’s first husband Sanjeev Khanna was earlier on Wednesday arrested by the Mumbai Police in connection with the case.
In a major twist to the Sheena Bora murder case, it was revealed that the deceased, who was allegedly murdered by Indrani, was her daughter and not her sister.
Indrani, 43, was arrested on Tuesday from her Mumbai residence after her driver confessed that he had killed Sheena in 2012 following his employer’s orders.
Indrani, who was charged of murdering her daughter and disposing off her body, will stay in police custody till August 31.
Police detain Sanjeev Khanna in Kolkata
Indrani Mukerjea’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna has been detained in connection with the murder case of Sheena Bora.
Reports said Sanjeev was questioned in Kolkata by the Mumbai police and that he allegedly help Indrani in killing her daughter.
A police team is also at the residence of Indrani’s current husband Peter Mukerjea in Mumbai.
Who is Sheena Bora
Sheena Bora was born and brought up in Guwahati. Her friends recalled her as a peppy girl, and said that no one would have had any reason to murder her.
Sheena had completed her schooling in Guwahati, but had moved to Bombay for her higher studies. After completing her St Xavier’s stint, she got a job with Reliance in Mumbai as an HR manager, and had last come to Guwahati for her friend’s wedding.
Sheena’s last Facebook post was in December 2011 and she was not seen since.
Rahul and Sheena were in a relationship: Peter Mukerjea
Peter Mukerjea, meanwhile, has sought to distance himself from the murder. He said that he had been introduced to the two by Indrani as her siblings and not her children.
He said that he had been told that Sheena had gone to the US to study. “Indrani always told me I shouldn’t engage with her family. Nobody from her side came for our wedding.”
“Indrani told me Sheena is in the US and showed me Facebook pictures. So, I had no reason to doubt my wife. I am only hearing now that Sheena is her daughter and she also has a son. I am really finding it hard to process this. I am really shocked to hear this. I have not experienced anything like this before,” he added.
Meanwhile, a media report quoted Peter Mukerjea as saying that Rahul, his son from his previous marriage, and Sheena were in a relationship. He said that Sheena was sent off to the US because Indrani did not approve of the relationship.
Peter Mukerjea had met Sheena Bora a few times, and Sheena had also maintained that she was Indrani Mukerjea’s sister. Also, Mikhail Bora was introduced to Peter as Indrani’s brother.
The Murder Mystery
Sheena was murdered in 2012 and her body was dumped in the forests of Raigad, 84 km from Mumbai. Indrani Mukerjea allegedly helped dispose of the body.
The case came to light when a man named Shyam Rai (Indrani’s driver) was picked up in a case involving an unidentified pistol. During interrogation, police said, he talked about a charred body buried in Pen taluka.
“It was during his interrogation that he revealed his involvement in a 2012 murder (Sheena Bora’s) case,” said a senior official.
It is also alleged that Shyam Rai helped Indrani killed her daughter.
The murder would have remained a mystery had the police not been tipped off that Shyam Rai had been seen frequenting the place in Raigad from where Sheena’s body was found.
While the case remained an Accident Death Report (ADR) until date, Rai’s interrogation led the Mumbai Police to a spot near Pen taluka early this week.
The Mumbai police spokesperson, DCP (detention) Dhananjay Kulkarni, said Indrani had been arrested along with her driver by Khar police.
“The two have been arrested and charged under sections 302 (murder), 201 (disposing evidence or giving false statements), 363 (kidnapping) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC. We are still talking to her,” Kulkarni was quoted as saying by a leading daily.