In his confessional statement, which was unsealed by the special CBI court today following a Bombay High Court directive yesterday, Rai has submitted that Indrani had 'implicated' him in an arms case by planting a gun on him soon after Sheena's murder.
The petition seeking copy of Rai's confessional statement was filed by Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna through his lawyer Shreyansh Mithare.
Rai's arrest by Khar police here under Arms Act in August 2015 had blown the lid off the murder.
The trial court recently allowed him to turn approver in the murder case and become a prosecution witness.
According to prosecution, 24-year-old Sheena was murdered on April 24, 2012. Indrani, Khanna and Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena, Indrani's daughter from an earlier relationship, inside a car. Her body was later found in a forest in Raigad.
In his confession recorded last year by a magistrate, Rai had said that Indrani gave him a parcel and asked him to keep it carefully.
"After the murder, Indrani gave me a parcel and asked me to keep it carefully. Later Indrani's secretary Kajal gave me advance salary of three months and asked me to leave the job", Rai stated.
He said that when he opened the parcel, he found that it contained a a country-made pistol.
Rai said he failed to dispose of the gun on two occasions as he developed cold feet. He said he was arrested when he tried to get rid of the gun for third time.
"Later they took me to the police chowky where I narrated the incident (about Sheena Bora case)," he said.
Rai said that in March 2012, a month before Sheena's murder, Kajal had told him that Indrani asked her to open a Skype account for him as she wanted to speak to him (Rai).
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