Sheena Bora was murdered allegedly by her mother Indrani Mukerjea, step-father Sanjeev Khanna and a driver in April, 2012.
How Sheena Bora was killed -and by whom -will have to be determined by the country’s premier investigating agency, the CBI. The Maharashtra government said today that the 24-year-old’s killing has expanded into an inquiry “that is not limited to murder”.
“There are some economic issues that have emerged,” said KP Bakshi, a top bureaucrat in the Maharashtra Home Ministry. Among the reasons for the Mumbai police to be taken off the case, he said, are allegations that Police Chief Ahmed Javed is “close to” Peter Mukerjea.
Mr Mukerjea’s wife, Indrani Mukerjea, was arrested late last month on charges of killing Sheena Bora in 2012. During her life, Ms Bora was introduced by Mr Mukerjea as a younger sister. Along with her, the police has arrested her driver Shyam Rai, and former husband Sanjeev Khanna. The two men have confessed to the crime, the police have claimed, though Ms Mukerjea reportedly swings from acknowledging the murder to insisting that Ms Bora, who hates her, is still alive in the US.
A sudden relocation to the US to escape her life in Mumbai was the explanation Ms Mukerjea offered to those who knew her when Ms Bora disappeared in April 2012. The explanation was bought by many- including, apparently, Mr Mukerjea, and more reluctantly, his son from an earlier marriage, Rahul, who was engaged to Ms Bora.
Rakesh Maria, as police chief, interrogated the three murder suspects and Mr Mukerjea himself, impelling criticism of attention-seeking days before he was due for a promotion. Abruptly, three weeks ago, Mr Maria was transferred to a new role; Mr Javed, who replaced him, suggested the case would receive more mundane treatment than accorded in the many briefings and reconstructions of the crime organized by Mr Maria.
After initially examining whether Ms Bora was killed because of her romance with Rahul Mukerjea, the police said it was focusing on a possible financial fight between Ms Mukerjea and her daughter. In 2009, when the Mukerjeas sold their stake in the INX broadcasting group they had founded, there were reports of money being embezzled and landing in proxy firms.
Ms Bora’s father, a Kolkata businessman named Siddharth Das, has also been questioned by the police.
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