[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Defense lawyer in Sheena Bora murder case have received the statement of Shyamvar Rai, former driver of prime accused Indrani Mukerjea[/inlinetweet], which he had given to the magistrate under section 164 after the Bombay High Court on Thursday directed a CBI court trying the case to furnish a copy of confession given by Rai.
In a statement Peter Mukerjea’s lawyer has claimed that there is no evidence at all against their client. “No reference to Peter for the incident of murder, planning, execution and disposal of body. Nothing about the phone calls etc,” said advocate Mihir Gheewala.
Revealing chilling details about how the body was dumped, Rai claims that on Indrani’s instructions both Rai and Indrani’s ex husband Sanjeev Khanna were involved, while Rai covered Sheena’s mouth, Khanna held Sheena tightly.
“[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Indrani madam Sheena Ke mandi par baith Ke Sheena ka gala daba rahi thi… Sheena ne jor se meri ungli Kat li. Meri ungli se khoon nikla.[/inlinetweet] Indrani madam Sheena Ke muh Ke upar baith gayii (Indrani sat on top of Sheena and was strangling her. Sheena bit my finger. It was bleeding) …” reads a portion of the statement.
The confessional statement was submitted to all the accused, by the special CBI court.
Rai has also said that Indrani handed him a parcel which contained a country made pistol and added that through Kajal Sharna, Indrani’s assistant, he was given three-month paid leave after the incident.
According to Rai, after the murder Khanna and Indrani were speaking something in English which Rai could not understand. But their conversation had mentions of Mikhail (Indrani’s son), Rahul (Peter’s son) and Worli.
A special CBI court on June 20 pardoned driver Shyamvar Rai and permitted him to become an approver.
Special Judge HS Mahajan, while granting the pardon, had instructed Rai to speak the truth about the entire episode.
With this development, Rai – the former driver of Indrani Mukerjea – who was arrested in August 2015 is no longer an accused and has become a prosecution witness.
Daughter of Indrani from an earlier liaison, Sheena Bora was allegedly strangulated on April 24, 2012, and her body was burnt and disposed off in the forests near Gagode village of adjoining Raigad district early the next morning.
During the hearing on June 6, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told special judge HS Mahajan that it had no objection to Rai turning an approver.
According to the prosecution, Sheena was murdered on April 24, 2012, but the crime came to light after the arrest of Rai in another case.
Last year, Rai had recorded his confessional statement before the Magistrate under the provisions of section 164, which unlike the police statement, is admissible in the trial.
Indrani Mukerjea, Khanna and Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena (24), Indrani’s daughter from an earlier relationship, inside a car in April 2012.
Sheena’s body was found in a forest in Raigad. The crime, which came to light in August last year, is allegedly linked to certain financial dealings.
