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On the death of hyderabad engineering student on monday her family has alleged that her death was murder, not an accident. Devi Reddy (21) went to a party on sunday night and met with an accident in Jubilee area at around 4 am. She was in the car of Bharath Simha Reddy her senior in college which had collided with a tree. Manasa, Devi’s older sister was in tears when she alleged that her sister’s death was murder and not an accident. Bharath Simha who was with her is being protected and influenced by his father who is a real-estate businessman. On Wednesday, Devi’s family and friends conducted a candle light pray for her at the site of the accident. On Thursday afternoon, the police visited the site and attempted to recreate the accident. A case has been registered under section 304 A of the IPC. Devi’s family says they want justice for her and that their questions must be answered. We don’t want this to happen with anyone else, Manasa said.
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A charge sheet was filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in a court against former media baron Peter Mukerjea who has arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. CBI filed the supplementary charge sheet in the case before Additional Metropolitan Magistrate R V Adone. Peter Mukerjea whose wife Indrani Mukerjea is accused in this case was arrested on November 19 for his alleged role in the murder conspiracy. He was in CBI custody for two weeks. His bail plea was rejected on February 12 by a special CBI court which observed that the charge sheet was yet to be filed and investigation in the matter was still on. Peter is lodged in Arthur Road prison here, Indrani is in Byculla women’s jail. Others arrested in the case are Sanjeev Khanna (Indrani’s ex-husband) and her former driver Shyamvar Rai.
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 In his statement to the police, Rahul Mukerjea told the Police how he and Sheena Bora met each other, fell in love and were happily engaged, until they were cruelly torn apart with her murder in 2012. Recounting how their relationship had seriously upset Sheena's mother and alleged murderer, Indrani Mukerjea, Rahul also told the police how he got depressed after Sheena's disappearance and began to suspect Indrani Involvement 

Rahul first met Sheena in 2008, when he moved into his father, Peter's home in Marlow apartments in Worli. "I first met Sheena at the Worli flat. We started meeting frequently and developed a close friendship," Rahul in his statement, accessed by mid-day through the chargesheet against the three prime accused - Indrani, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and her former driver, Shyam Rai.

Rahul went to London after spending a month in Mumbai, but returned to the city again in a few months. This time, Indrani asked Peter to tell him to stay somewhere else, so Rahul rented a flat in Khar Danda.

The big reveal
Rahul also told the police how Sheena told him she was Indrani's daughter and not her sister, as the world had been led to believe.

"I got a job in Prime Focus (a Lower Parel firm) with my father's help. I started meeting Sheena frequently and, gradually, we fell in love. One day she came up to me and said, 'I am Indrani's daughter, not her sister.' When Indrani came to know about our relationship, she was furious and fought with my father. She sent Sheena to Guhawati," Rahul recalled.

In 2009, Sheena was sent to Delhi. There, she was hospitalized with some serious health problems. Sheena was visited in hospital by her mother and ex-boyfriend. Indrani suggested that Sheena move to Bangalore and stay with this ex-boyfriend.

Although Sheena refused initially, she eventually did just this.

Sedatives

Rahul told the police, "During that time I had no money; I sold my household items and went straight to Bangalore to meet Sheena. She was very weak. The medicines given to her by Indrani were sedatives meant for mental illness, a doctor in Bangalore told us. The doctor also told her to immediately stop taking those medicines. Her health started improving and I took her to our Dehradun house with the permission of her grandparents and my mother."

At the end of 2009, the couple came back to Mumbai, where Sheena had found work. They were living in a rented flat in Marol, Andheri (east). However, their relationship often caused huge quarrels with Indrani and Peter.

In October 2011, Rahul and Sheena went to Dehradun, where they got engaged - once again, with permission from Rahul's mother and Sheena's grandparents. It was Diwali, and a happy period for the couple, who had clicked several pictures together.

"Sheena was very happy and healthy that time," Rahul told the CBI.

Upon their return to Mumbai, Indrani found out about the engagement and invited Sheena for dinner. "After the dinner, Sheena had told me that Indrani had changed a lot," said Rahul.

The disappearance

Before the day of the murder, Indrani invited Sheena to dinner once again, saying she wanted to give her an engagement present. On April 24, 2012, Rahul picked up Sheena from her workplace and they went home. Sheena changed into pants and a red top.

Rahul narrated what followed, "Indrani was repeatedly calling to ask about Sheena's whereabouts and how much time she would take. We went to the address given by Indrani - near National College at Bandra (west). Indrani was waiting in a silver Chevrolet car, Shyam Rai was at the wheel, while one unknown person was smoking inside." The unknown person was later identified as Sanjeev Khanna.

"Later, I tried calling Sheena, but instead of taking my calls she started sending text messages. I also responded to her on SMS - this was happening between 8 to 11 pm. She told me she was enjoying dinner with Indrani and would spend the night at her place. I went home and constantly tried to call her, but she never took my calls."

Rahul got more worried when Sheena didn't return the next day.

"I kept calling her but she did not respond. I kept messaging her. I got a reply saying she had found someone else. The message advised me to forget her, as she was very happy with her new lover. Another SMS informed me she would get in touch after two to three months. I really got suspicious with such messages."

Rahul then went to the Worli, Bandra, Khar and MIDC police stations to file a missing person's complaint, but the police ignored him. He tried searching for her everywhere, and even shared his suspicions with Sheena's colleague, her siblings Mekhail and Vidhie. The cops told Rahul that nothing is wrong; Sheena was an adult who had gone with her mother. Rahul collected Sheena's laptop and other belongings from her office. Indrani asked him for these items, but he held on to them until the murder came to the fore, which is when he handed it all over to the investigators.

On Peter's role

Much buzz was created with the recent arrest of Rahul's father, Peter, with the CBI suspecting he knew of the murder plot. The only mention Rahul made of his father, however, was of the time he decided to vacate his flat. Rahul was lonely and decided to move out of the flat he had shared with Sheena. "While vacating the flat, the owner asked for signatures from Sheena and me. I approached my father, who told me that I need not worry, he would manage everything."
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In the Sheena Bora murder, a central forensic team has confirmed that the remains found in a forest near Mumbai are of the 24-year-old who was murdered allegedly by her mother Indrani Mukerjea and two others.

Tests have also confirmed that Ms Bora was strangled.

Indrani Mukerjea has been in a Mumbai jail since her arrest in August, days after her daughter's remains were found in the Raigad forest 80 km from Mumbai.

The Mumbai police had in September said DNA tests proved that the remains, a skull and bone pieces, were of Ms Bora.

The case has since been handed over to the CBI, which asked for forensic tests by AIIMS or the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi.

Sources say that three tests were done. In a DNA test, Indrani Mukerjea's blood sample matched with protein extract from Ms Bora's bone. 3D imaging provided conclusive proof.

Another test proved that Ms Bora was around five feet three inches tall, and the "possible or probable cause of death" is strangling, sources said.

Ms Bora was last seen alive in April 2012.

On August 28, the police exhumed the remains of a body after a tip-off from Indrani Mukerjea's driver, who was allegedly involved in the murder and who had been arrested for a different crime. The police claim Ms Mukerjea, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver strangled Ms Bora, and then kept her body overnight at the home she shares with her husband, TV tycoon Peter Mukerjea, before driving it to Raigad the next morning where it was set on fire.

Indrani Mukerjea told friends and family that Sheena Bora, whom she had introduced to the world as her younger sister, had left for the US.

The Mumbai police suspect that Ms Mukerjea, 43, was locked in a bitter financial dispute with Ms Bora at the time of her death.

Source: NDTV
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Agency will use a map as imagery for the first time to give ‘accurate’ distances and perspective into the paths the victim and the accused took. 

In a first, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will use a Google map to highlight all the landmarks covered in the probe and stitch the Sheena Bora murder case from the moment she was called to Bandra by her mother and accused in the case, Indrani Mukerjea, till the disposal of her body. 

It is very common for investigating agencies to use witness accounts to deliver a narrative to the court, but the agency will use a map as imagery for the first time to give ‘accurate’ distances and perspective into the paths the victim and the accused took in the forty-eight hours from April 24 to April 25, 2012. 

The printed map, which will be a part of the agency’s chargesheet against the three accused in the probe, was drawn up during the reconstruction of the crime by the agency during their fresh course of investigation.
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The Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) on Tuesday took over the probe in the murder case of Sheena Bora and registered a case against her mother Indrani Mukerjea and two others for allegedly hatching a criminal conspiracy to kill her.
After Maharashtra government announced handing over the probe to the agency before 10 days back, CBI’s special crime branch lodged a case in the designated court in New Delhi against Indrani, her former husband and Sanjay Khanna and former driver Shyamvar Pinturam Rai.
The cases were filed by CBI under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) including criminal conspiracy, murder, abduction, destruction of evidence, causing hurt by giving poison and Arms Act.
The CBI took over the investigation of the case which was earlier registered by Mumbai Police on the allegations that the accused persons hatched a criminal conspiracy to murder Sheena Bora.
In pursuance of this conspiracy, the accused allegedly abducted Sheena, murdered her and disposed off her body, agency spokesperson said in a statement.
The decision to handover the probe to CBI came after days of uncertainty on the supervisory role of former Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria who was shunted out in the midst of the inquiry that he had helmed proactively.
The decision was taken by the state government after Maharashtra director general of police (DGP) Sanjeev Dayal submitted a status report on the case which had concluded that the case is not limited to murder alone, but there are many questions on financial dealings that remain unanswered.
25-year-old Sheena was murdered on 24 April, 2012, and her body was burnt and disposed off in a forest in Raigad district the next day.
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 Uncertainty continues over whether erstwhile Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria will return to head the Sheena Bora murder probe, with the state Home department now doing a complete U-turn in the matter.

Days after his hasty removal from the CP's post and promotion as Director General (Home Guards), the state had sent a three-line letter to Maria stating he could continue with the probe. Now, the Home department has said it will only decide whether to bring Maria back in after a status review of the investigations.

"I have asked the Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal to review the case and send me a status report. Once we get the report we will check if Mr Maria is needed to guide the officers.

We will meet the Chief Minister and accordingly take a detailed order for his return, if required," said Additional Chief Secretary (Home) KP Bakshi, adding that since the DGP had been busy with the launch of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) in Nagpur, the report was delayed.

Maria was seen taking a hands-on approach in the Sheena murder probe, personally interrogating the accused in the case and briefing the media about developments. However, on September 8, 22 days before his promotion was due, he was moved from the CP's post to the DG of Home Guards.

mid-day had reported how this decision had provoked negative reactions from several quarters, and days later, he was sent a three-line circular asking him to continue with the case ('State authorises Maria to lead Sheena probe', September 11).

Maria himself had expressed his disinterest in returning to the investigation, and sources had pointed out how the decision to bring him back could lead to chaos in the probe, as the circular was not clear how Maria would lead the case while he was in the Home Guards department. It was also not clear whether the investigating team would report to him or the new CP Ahmad Javed, or the both of them.

Currently, the investigations are being carried out by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (Bandra division) Sanjay Kadam and Police Inspector Dinesh Kadam (Khar Police), both of whom are considered to be close to Maria, and have been part of all his important cases.

"We are doing well in terms of the murder investigations. We know the motive for the murder but cannot reveal it. We will soon file a chargesheet in the case," said a police officer who is part of the probe.
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 Celebrated officer Rakesh Maria exit as Mumbai Police Commissioner appears to have had an impact on the sheena bora murder investigation that he headed with a zeal questioed by his critics.
 
Going by the signs, it is set to become just another murder case and not the high profile inquiry that saw a police commissioner himself interrogating the accused.

Indrani Mukerjea, the media executive accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, and her alleged accomplices, former husband Sanjeev Khanna and a driver, were all interrogated by Mr Maria for long hours.
 
In his last official briefing on Monday before he was moved out, Mr Maria had said that Indrani Mukerjea's husband, TV tycoon Peter Mukerjea, was being questioned about his finances and those of INX Media, the company he co-founded with his wife.
 
The government said it would issue a special notification to allow Rakesh Maria to monitor the probe even after his transfer to Home Guards, but sources close to him say he is simply not interested. After a new posting he has never looked back, say sources, and he will follow the same principle this time.
 
Experts question whether it would be feasible for the probe team to report to Mr Maria only for the Sheena Bora case.
 
On Tuesday, the new commissioner Ahmed Javed, asked whether he would show the same level of personal involvement as his predecessor, said: "The probe will progress like any other case. It is team work and who interrogates the accused is a question that will be handled in a manner that's professional."

At the Khar Police Station, the nerve-centre of the Sheena Bora investigation, there is a marked difference.

There are no visits from the police chief, no television crew and no marathon interrogation sessions. Top officers who till last week were focused on the case were attending meetings on security for the Ganpati festival on Thursday.
 
The core team handling the probe, all of whom have worked under Mr Maria earlier, say with the accused in police custody, a major part of the investigation is over.
Source:NDTV
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