Prime suspects in the Sheena Bora murder case - TV honcho Indrani Mukerjea and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna were on Wednesday interrogated at the Khar Police station in Mumbai. Indrani's driver, who also reportedly confessed to his role in murdering Sheena, was also interrogated. All the three accused were brought face-to-face for questioning.
Along with the accused, Indrani's current husband Peter Mukherjea was also interrogated at the Khar police station in Mumbai. A team of police officials also searched his house in Mumbai for documents.
According to sources, the police is questioning Peter about his financial transactions and business dealings. He is being questioned on the alleged embezzlement of funds from INX network that he and Indrani founded.
The are also trying to ascertain whether any money was parked with Sheena and if this was the source of discord that may have led to the murder.
A team of Mumbai Police has also landed up in Kolkata and is searching Indrani's ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna's residence. They have seized some financial documents and electronic gadgets belonging to Khanna.
Meanwhile, CID officials are at the PEN forest in Raigad where Sheena's suspected remains were found in May 2012.
The police team seized a laptop and papers related to bank accounts and investments of Indrani Khanna from his residence in Kolkata. According to a senior officer of Kolkata Police, the team from Mumbai Police, alongwith a team from the city force, visited Khanna's residence in Hastings area and seized his laptop as a part of their probe into the murder mystery.
He said the Mumbai Police team also seized papers related to Khanna's bank accounts and investments. "They (Mumbai Police) asked for our help in getting Khanna's laptop. We only assisted them in that and we have no clue about the investigation into the case," the officer said.
Indrani Mukerjea is accused of killing Sheena, her daughter from an earlier relationship, in 2012 allegedly with the help of her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai.
A local court had earlier extended the police custody of the three accused till September 5.
The 24-year-old Sheena was allegedly strangled in a car, then her body was burnt and dumped at a forest in Raigad, about 84 km from Mumbai. Her purported remains were found a month later and buried by the police, which treated the body as unclaimed.
For three years, Indrani told her family and friends that Sheena had shifted to the US. Sidhharth Das, who claimed to be Sheena's biological father on Tuesday said that he was not in touch with Indrani.
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