CBI Shuts Down Sheena Bora Murder Case, Intimates Court

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in a written intimation to the special court, said that it will not be investigating the Sheena Bora murder case further.

The court noted the same in its Roznama (daily order).

The CBI was investigating the case since 2015, after taking over the case from Mumbai police.

According to the case registered by Mumbai police, Sheena Bora was kidnapped and murdered by strangulation in April 2012. Four persons were made accused in this case, including Indrani Mukerjee and her husband Peter Mukerjee.

The case was later was transferred to the CBI, which had filed multiple charge sheets in this case against the four accused.

Now, the case has been closed after six years of investigation and at least five charge sheets and supplementary charge sheets.

The trial of the case had started in 2017 and a total of 60 witnesses have recorded their statements as of today.

Apart from Indrani and Peter Mukerjee, Sanjeev Khanna (Ex-husband of Indrani), and Shyamvar Rai (Indrani's driver) are also accused in the case.

This case first came to light after the arrest of Indrani's driver, Shyamvar Rai in another case in August 2015. During the investigation, he confessed to having murdered Sheena Bora in April 2012 and said that he dumped her body in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.

He also revealed that Sheena's mother, Indrani Mukerjeae and Sanjeev Khanna were also involved in this murder.

Later, CBI took over the case from Mumbai Police. After three months of the registration of the case, CBI arrested Peter Mukerjea (third husband of Indrani Mukerjea), for helping Indrani in the Sheena Bora murder case.

According to CBI's case before the court, Indrani Mukerjee killed Sheena Bora because she was furious over the relationship between Sheena Bora, whom she introduced as her sister to everyone, and Rahul Mukerjea, son of Peter Mukerjea from his first marriage.

Also, according to CBI, Indrani killed Sheena Bora as Sheena was threatening to expose her in public over the fact that she was not her sister, but her daughter.

Driver Shyamvar Rai has now turned approver in this case. Peter Mukerjea was given bail by a special CBI court in March 2020, while Indrani still stays in jail.