Indrani Mukerjea, wife of former Star TV CEO Peter Mukerjea has been arrested by the Mumbai Police on charges of murdering her sister Sheena Bora and disposing off her body, ABP Live reported.
She has been remanded to police custody till 31 August for further interrogation. Bora was murdered in 2012.
According to a Times of India report, the murder would have remained unresolved, had it not been for an informant who provided the police with information about the murder, and whereabouts of the body.
Following the lead, police officers of the Khar Police Station, Mumbai took Mukerjea’s driver Shyam Rai into custody. After questioning, Rai admitted that he murdered Bora at Mukherjea’s behest, and dumped her body in the forests of Raigad, Maharashtra.
Remains of a woman’s dead body were then discovered at the spot Rai mentioned. He was arrested thereafter, and based on his confession, Mukerjea was asked to appear for questioning on Tuesday.
She was arrested after a three-hour-long interrogation session.
Both of them were produced in the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate’s court on Tuesday and have been sent to police custody till August 31. Mukerjea and Rai have been booked under Sections 302 (murder), 363 (kidnapping) and 201 (destroying evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Indrani Mukerjea founded INX Media Pvt Ltd in 2007, through two companies INX Media Pvt Ltd and INX News Pvt Ltd, and was the Chairman of the company till 2009. She has worked as a PR consultant in the past.
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