In a shocking development, the CBI has informed a special court here that the bones and mortal remains purportedly of Mumbai executive Sheena Bora recovered by the Raigad Police 14 years ago after her murder, had reportedly gone "missing”.

During his examination before the special CBI court, Dr Zeba Khan, a forensic expert from the state-run JJ hospital -- who first examined the bones recovered from the jungles of the jungles Gogade Khurd village in Raigad district – said on Thursday that the bones and mortal remains were not traceable.

At the previous hearing held on May 7, the CBI’s Public Prosecutor C J Nandode had sought production of the bones that were recovered, for identification by Dr. Khan, who is the 91st witness in the case.

However at the hearing held on Thursday, the CBI told the special court that after a diligent search, the two marked packets containing the evidence (bones) could not be traced.

Despite the absence of the crucial evidence, the Prosecution said that it would continue to examine Dr Khan would continue without showing pieces of evidence (bones) to him.

The Prosecution’s case is that Indrani, along with Sanjeev and her driver Shyamvar Rai – who has turned an approver in the case -- had allegedly “kidnapped” Sheena between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm on April 24, 2012, from Bandra (west) in their car. Sheena was allegedly strangulated in the car on the same evening and that on the following morning they carried the body of the deceased packed in a bag (which had they kept in the rear side of the car) to the jungles Gogade Khurd village off the Khopoli-Pen Road, where they doused the bag with petrol and set it on fire. 

Indrani, who was arrested on August 25, 2015 for her alleged role in the murder of her daughter Sheena, is the key accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.

The CBI – which took over the investigations into the Sheena Bora murder case from the Mumbai police on September 29, 2015 – on November 19, 2015 filed a comprehensive charge-sheet, running into 1,000-odd pages, against Indrani, her former husband Khanna and driver Shyamvar Rai. On the same (November 19,2015) evening, the CBI arrested Peter Mukherjea in connection with the sensational crime.

The burnt bones and remains were found by the Pen police after the arrests of the accused in the case, including Indrani.