The sensational Sheena Bora murder case took another turn on Sunday when police seized a suitcase that was purportedly meant for packing the body of her brother, whom Indrani Mukherjea had allegedly planned to kill, even as key accused Sanjeev Khanna and the driver were taken to spot to re-create the crime scene.
Officials were tightlipped about the progress in the probe amidst reports that Indrani and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna had been making contradictory claims about who killed her daughter Sheena three years ago.
The new twist in the probe came when Sheena’s brother Mikhail claimed that their mother Indrani had planned to kill him too on April 23, 2012, when she offered him a drink laced with sedatives.
The same day Sheena was allegedly killed by Indrani and Khanna in a car with the help of the driver Shyam Rai. The three had carried the body and disposed it in Pen tehsil in Raigad district the next day.
The seizure of the suitcase from residential premises of Indrani and Peter Mukerjea in Mumbai’s Worli area apparently lends credence to Mikhail’s claim about his mother’s plan to kill him and pack his body parts but there was no police confirmation of this theory.
On Sunday, police brought Sanjeev Khanna to Khar police station and later took him to forest in Pen tehsil, along with Rai.
Indrani, Khanna and Rai will be produced before a local court on Monday where the police is likely to seek extension of their custody.
During sustained interrogation on Saturday, Indrani and Sanjeev had blamed each other for the crime. Indrani accused Khanna of committing the murder and dragging her into the crime. However, he said he only assisted Indrani as she had promised to help him financially.
Mikhail was also questioned at a hotel in Bandra on Saturday.
