Sheena murder: Forensic expert admits he is under suspension

A forensic expert who analysed purported remains of murder victim Sheena Bora has conceded before the trial court here that he was suspended from service for giving wrong information in another matter.

Shrikant Lade, assistant director, Forensic Science Laboratory, is being examined as a prosecution witnesses in the Sheena murder case where former media executive Indrani Mukerjea is a key accused.

To a question by defence lawyer, he admitted on Tuesday that he is under suspension since October 18, 2019.

"It is correct to say that I have been charged for giving false opinion, in a Kalyan (court) case," he said.

His analysis was correct but he faced action for wrong labeling by an assistant and it was corrected by his office later, he claimed.

Lade had told the Mumbai court earlier that DNA analysis of Indrani's blood sample and the left femur bone found among the remains found in Raigad district revealed that Indrani was biological mother of the deceased.

According to the CBI, Sheena (24) was killed by her mother Indrani with the help of two others in April 2012 over financial and family disputes.

Her body was burnt in a jungle in neighbouring Raigad district. It was exhumed in 2015 after the murder came to light.

Indrani (47), her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai were arrested in 2015. Her then husband, media baron Peter Mukerjea, was arrested later for allegedly being part of the murder conspiracy.