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  • Felt Indrani was lying about Sheena’s whereabouts, Rahul Mukerjea tells court

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Rahul Mukerjea, the son of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, on Thursday told a special CBI court here that Indrani Mukerjea’s replies to him about her daughter Sheena Bora’s whereabouts did not seem “truthful”, and he sensed that something was amiss.

    Indrani Mukerjea is a prime accused in the case related to Sheena’s 2012 murder.

    She is now out on bail.

    The murder came to light in 2015, three years after Sheena (24) was allegedly killed by her mother with the help of co-accused Sanjeev Khanna and Shyamvar Rai.

    On Thursday, Rahul Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea’s son from earlier marriage, deposed as a witness before special CBI court judge S P Naik-Nimbalkar.

    Peter later married Indrani.

    Rahul told the court about his relationship with Sheena, and narrated the sequence of incidents after he dropped her near suburban Bandra on April 24, 2012, for her meeting with her mother Indrani.

    Later in the evening, when he sent Sheena a text message about picking her up, Sheena replied “she is having fun catching up with Indrani and will spend the night with her,” Rahul told the court.

    He found this message odd as just a day before Sheena was apprehensive about meeting Indrani, he said.

    The following day, after he made several calls and sent messages, Sheena `replied’ (by message) that she will be home in about 30 minutes, Rahul said.

    After two hours, he got another message from her that “she has met someone else, who was very wealthy.

    She is in love with him and he should not contact her.

    ”At this point he did not think that Sheena’s life was in danger, but thought that she might have been sedated by someone, he told the court.

    He then went to Marlow building in Worli in south Mumbai where Indrani lived to meet Sheena, but he didn’t find them there, Rahul said.

    He then went to the local police station in Worli, and two police constables were sent to the building to enquire about Sheena.

    When they asked the watchman, he said three people had left earlier in the morning, Rahul told the court.

    But the police refused to take his written complaint about Sheena going missing, and told him that she had gone with her mother and would be fine and he should not worry, he said.

    He got similar response from the Bandra police station under whose jurisdiction she had been seen last, and MIDC( Andheri) police station under whose jurisdiction they lived.

    Through his mother he got the number of senior police officer Param Bir Singh.

    Singh told him that it was very important to get a missing person complaint registered, Rahul told the court.

    Later, the MIDC police noted down the information about his complaint in a police diary, he said.

    He also called his father Peter, Sheena’s grandparents and her school friends, but none of them had any information about Sheena, he said.

    When he asked Indrani about Sheena, he felt that her response was not “truthful”, so he started recording his phone conversations with Indrani, Rahul told the court.

    In one of these conversations Indrani told him that Sheena was in Nagpur, he said.

    Another time, Indrani said Sheena had gone back to Guwahati, while on one occasion she told him that Sheena had gone to the US.

    “I felt Sheena going to the US was not possible as her passport and belongings were at home,” Rahul said.

    “I felt that Indrani was lying for some reasons… Because of her different answers, I felt that Indrani was lying,” he said.

    Rahul Mukerjea’s testimony will continue on June 17.

    As per the Central Bureau of Investigation, Indrani disapproved of Sheena’s relationship with Rahul.

    She also had financial disputes with Sheena, the CBI has said.

  • Sheena Bora murder: CBI tells court about closure of further probe

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday informed a special court here about closure of further probe into the Sheena Bora murder case, which came to light in 2015, three years after the crime was committed.

    Intimation regarding closure of further investigation into the high-profile case was filed by the CBI before special judge A S Sayyad.

    Bora, who was working in Mumbai, was allegedly killed by her mother Indrani Mukerjea, a former media executive, and two others.

    Mukerjea is a key accused in the case.

    Other accused in the case include former media baron Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna.

    Bora was Indrani Mukerjea’s daughter from an earlier relationship.

    The 24-year-old was allegedly strangled to death in a car by Indrani Mukerjea, her then driver Shyamvar Rai and Khanna in April 2012 over a financial dispute, according to the prosecution.

    Her body was burnt in a forest in neighbouring Raigad district.

    The matter came to light in 2015 following the arrest of Rai in another case and led to the arrest Indrani Mukerjea and Khanna.

    Peter Mukerjea was also later arrested for allegedly being a part of the murder conspiracy.

    He is currently out on bail, which was granted by the Bombay High Court.

    Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea had got married in 2002, but later became estranged.

    A family court in Mumbai granted them divorce in October 2019.

  • Hearing in INX media money laundering case adjourned till May 4

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: A Special Court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the INX Media money laundering case against former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram and others, till May 4.

    The matter was adjourned as Special Judge M K Nagpal, who was hearing the matter before, was on leave today.

    P Chidambaram and Karti Chidambaram marked their presence virtually in the video-conferencing hearing today.

    Meanwhile, the court extended co-accused Peter Mukerjea’s interim bail in the matter till the final disposal of his regular bail plea.

    The same court had earlier issued summons to P. Chidambaram and others in the INX media case including several firms whose names were present in the charge sheet.

    Special Judge MK Nagpal while taking the cognisance on the ED Chargesheet said, “I find sufficient material and grounds for proceeding further in the matter against all the ten accused persons named in the complaint, out of which six accused are companies, for the commission of offense under Section 3 read with Section 70 of the PMLA, which is punishable under Section 4 of the said Act.”

    Accused P. Chidambaram and S. Bhaskararaman were arrested during the investigation of the case and both are presently out on bail.

    The Court also noted that the extensive arguments advanced by Amit Mahajan, Central Government standing counsel, and N. K. Matta, Special PP for Directorate of Enforcement have also carefully perused the entire record of the case.

    The Enforcement Directorate in June 2020 had filed a prosecution complaint (Chargesheet) in INX media money laundering case involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram and others in Rouse Avenue Court.

    The INX media Money laundering case involves former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram with the allegation of irregularities in foreign exchange clearance given to INX media group for receiving overseas investments in 2007.

    Karti Chidambaram, son of P Chidambaram, currently a sitting Member of parliament, is also an accused in the matter. Besides Chidambaram, the charge sheet also names Karti’s chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman and others.

    Earlier, CBI had registered its case on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance granted to INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram’s tenure as finance minister.

    Thereafter, ED had lodged a money laundering case. The case pertains to FIPB clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore when P Chidambaram was the finance minister. The economic offenses watchdog had registered a PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) case based on FIR by the CBI and alleged that irregularities took place in the FIPB clearance to INX Media.