Former media baron Indrani Mukerjea¡¯s defence got a huge jolt on Friday. Mukerjea, accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, has more trouble coming her way after her former driver Shyamwar Rai told a court that Indrani wanted to kill both her children Sheena and Mikhail.
Rai, who turned approver in the case has implicated Indrani as one of the main players in the murder of Sheena Bora along with her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna in the special CBI court. Rai has not named Indrani¡¯s husband Peter Mukerjea when narrating Sheena¡¯s murder to the court.
Rai told a court that Indrani wanted to kill both of them because they were maligning her image and threatened to expose the truth that she was their mother and not their sister as she had been claiming.
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Rai is still in custody in a case registered with Khar police for illegal possession of arms as well as the Sheena murder case. He was brought to court under heavy security. Indrani and her husband Peter Mukerjea and Khanna were also brought to court. Earlier, Rai had told the police in detail about how Indrani and Khanna conspired to eliminate Sheena, and how three of them executed the plot.
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Rai stuck to his confession statement and told the court about the time he came into Indrani and Peter¡¯s service as a driver, before becoming Indrani¡¯s close confidant. Rai also gave away details about how Indrani tricked Sheena to accompany her in the car, how she strangulated her, and how she also tried to eliminate Mikhail by spiking his drink at her bungalow, Marlow, at Worli.
Sheena was allegedly murdered in 2012, but the case came to light only in 2015 after Rai¡¯s arrest. Rai has stated that Indrani contacted him towards the end of March 2012. He said Indrani spoke to him on Skype and revealed her plans to eliminate Sheena and Mikhail and asked for his help.