Sheena murder case: CBI arrests Peter Mukerjea

The decision to arrest Peter was taken in view of alleged inconsistencies in his statement before the CBI

Indrani Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea
A file photo of Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea. Indrani was arrested on Tuesday by Mumbai Police for allegedly murdering her daughter Sheena and disposing of the body in Raigad in 2012. Photo: PTI
Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Nov 20 2015 | 1:09 AM IST
Former media baron Peter Mukerjea was today arrested by the CBI here in connection with the murder of Sheena Bora, daughter of his wife and prime accused Indrani who is already in the custody for the alleged crime.

Sheena was Indrani's daughter from her first marriage.

CBI's spokesperson said that Mukerjea's name surfaced during its probe in the case and "he has been arrested".

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The spokesperson refused to divulge any further details in the case but sources in the probe agency alleged that he had some more insight in the crime which he had not shared withthe Mumbai police.

The CBI, which was handed over the case on September 29 after an apparent turf-war between the ousted Commissioner Rakesh Maria and the new incumbent Ahmed Javed, had questioned Mukerjea for hours before it was decided to place him under arrest, the sources said.

The decision to arrest Peter was taken in view of alleged inconsistencies in his statement before the CBI, the sources said.

Peter's lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani said he was surprised at the decision of CBI to place him under arrest. "I will be extremely shocked if the news about his arrest is true," he said.

"I contacted him through messages and my last contact was well past 7.30 PM when he informed me that he was being questioned by the CBI and that he would contact me later," he said.

The development came on a day when the CBI filed chargesheet in a Mumbai court in the Sheena Bora murder case. 24-year-old Sheena was allegedly murdered by her mother Indrani Mukerjea, Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her former driver Shyamvar Rai here in April 2012 and her body was dumped in a forest in the neighbouring Raigad district.

Mukerjea had been questioned thrice earlier by the Mumbai police.
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First Published: Nov 20 2015 | 12:34 AM IST

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