Indrani and Sanjeev tried to kill me the day Sheena was killed, claims Mikhail Bora
Mikhail claims that he was given a spiked drink in his hotel room by Indrani and Sanjeev
Mumbai: The focus in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case has now shifted to the forensic analysis of the skeletal remains found in Raigad district where her body was allegedly dumped three years ago.
Police are also probing Mikhail Bora’s claim that just hours before Indrani and Sanjeev Khanna met Sheena Bora on April 24, 2012 and took her for what would be the last drive of her life, Indrani had also allegedly drugged her son, Mikhail.
Mikhail has claimed that on the pretext of discussing a property deal, he was given a spiked drink in his hotel room in Worli by Indrani and Sanjeev, who then left to meet and murder Sheena.
By the time they came back, the suspicious, groggy Mikhail had fled.
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Mikhail Bora, who has claimed he is the deceased Sheena Bora’s brother, handed over some audio tapes, letters and other documents to the Khar police which he had kept as “evidence” to point out why exactly Indrani Mukerjea would want to kill his sister.
He said he was certain Indrani “could” kill his sister and was now scared for his own life. The police assured him he would be kept safe till the end of this trial.
Sources said that Mikhail had also given information about four emails exchanged between him and Sheena where she had spoken about the issues she was facing with Indrani. “There were a lot of issues between Sheena and Indrani,” said the police source.
Mikhail’s statement spoke about how Indrani was never like their “mother” and how he gave in to her demand of being known as her brother and how he was made to remain silent after Sheena’s disappearance. Mr Mikhail said their financial condition was not good which is why they depended on Indrani who made it clear that she would stop sending them money if he tried to further probe about Sheena. Mikhail avoided speaking to the press on Friday.
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Peter Mukerjea was also called to the police station where their statements were recorded. Both Peter Mukerjea and Mikhail were allowed to leave after recording their statements. They would be questioned again on Saturday. The police are now trying to find the vehicle in Sheena was strangled. Peter Mukerjea’s brother, Gautam, was also called to the police station for questioning. Mikhail was brought in from Guwahati by a team from Mumbai Friday afternoon. The two-member team had also visited Indrani’s parents.
“We have sent the bones and other skeletal remains for forensic analysis and are awaiting report,” a police official said.
JJ Hospital had on Friday handed over to Khar police a few bones it had received from Raigad Police in 2012.
Sanjeev Khanna, the former husband of Indrani Mukherjea, arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case has confessed to his complicity, Mumbai Police chief, Rakesh Maria told reporters here late last night.
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“We interrogated the third accused (Khanna) and he has confessed to complicity in the crime. We have also recovered her (Sheena’s) passport from Dehradun, which negates the theory that Sheena Bora went to the US,” Maria said.
Khanna had earlier been remanded in police custody till August 31 by the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate court.
Maria said, “We have recovered skeletal remains of Sheena Bora. We will be dispatching the remains for a DNA test.”
On Friday, the police had called former Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea and, Indrani Mukerjea’s son Mikhail Bora to the Khar police station for questioning.
The police refused to accept a written statement from Peter Mukerjea, and he was told that when the police required, he would be called to answer their queries. The media baron then left the police station.
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