Cops have arrested Indrani Mukerjea, wife of one of India’s most high-profile broadcast media executives, for murdering her own sister in a case that is sensational for at least two reasons: the dramatis personae involved and the way in which the alleged killers covered their tracks and escaped all suspicion for three years.
The case would have remained one more of Mumbai Police’s unsolved cases had not an informer tipped off the cops about the murder that occurred three years ago. He told cops that he had information about the murder of Sheena Bora that occurred in 2012 and could also lead them to the murderer and the victim’s body.
Khar cops picked up Mukerjea’s driver a few days ago based on this information and started grilling him and he confessed to having murdered Bora at Mukerjea’s behest. He also told the cops that he dumped Bora’s body in the forests of Raigad. Mumbai cops then got in touch with their counterparts in Raigad, who confirmed that the remains of an unknown woman were found from the same spot.
Khar police then arrested the driver and then, based on his confession, asked Mukerjea to present herself for questioning on Tuesday. She was arrested after a three-hour grilling session.
Both of them were produced in the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate’s court on Tuesday and cops got their custody till August 31. Both have been booked under Sections 302 (murder), 363 (kidnapping) and 201 (destroying evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Senior officials said he had told interrogators that the two sisters fell out over some property or financial dispute. More details would emerge after they interrogated Mukerjea, who herself was a top executive in a television channel, officials said.
Sources connected to the probe said they had proceeded very cautiously and questioned the driver for two days before picking up Mukerjea.