#Mumbai: Media tycoon Peter Mukerjea, who was arrested on Thursday in connection with the Sheena Bora murder, has been charged with destroying evidence and lying to protect his wife Indrani Mukerjea, sources have told NDTV.
The sections listed against Mr Mukerjea are “causing disappearance of evidence of offence and giving false information to screen offender,” sources say.
Mr Mukerjea’s wife Indrani Mukerjea was arrested in August, days after the remains of Sheena Bora – her daughter – were found in a forest 80 km from Mumbai.
Sheena was strangled in 2012 allegedly by Indrani Mukerjea, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai.
Sources say Peter Mukerjea was arrested after Indrani Mukerjea’s conflicting statements led the CBI to believe that he was aware of the plot to kill his step-daughter.
The Mumbai police had earlier learnt that Peter Mukerjea had received an email from Sheena’s hotmail account after her disappearance. Indrani Mukerjea had allegedly used this account to send emails to Peter Mukerjea and Rahul Mukerjea, his son from a previous marriage and Sheena’s fiance. She also sent mails to Vidhie Mukerjea, another daughter, and Sheena’s brother Mekhail Bora.
All the family members were told that Sheena Bora had moved to US with a boyfriend.
Rahul Mukerjea was also questioned by the CBI on Thursday and left this morning.
Sources say he told the police that after Sheena’s disappearance, he visited four police stations in Mumbai to lodge a missing complaint but the police didn’t act after being told by Indrani that Sheena had moved to the US and Rahul was stalking her.
Rahul, sources say, has told the CBI that he had approached his father about Sheena’s disappearance and questioned Indrani’s claims that she had gone abroad.
Rahul had told Peter Mukerjea that Sheena Bora’s passport was with him, sources say.
Sources say driver Shyam Rai has recorded a confessional statement before the CBI and is likely to turn approver in the case.
Bureau Report
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