Sheena Bora case: Charged with murder, Indrani Mukerjea seeks divorce from Peter Mukerjea

Both Indrani and Peter have been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy by the CBI court.

Updated: January 17, 2017 4:32 PM IST

By Rini Sharma

Sheena Bora case: Charged with murder, Indrani Mukerjea seeks divorce from Peter Mukerjea
File photo of Indrani Mukerjea.

New Delhi, Jan 17: Indrani Mukerjea, who was charged with the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, has told a Mumbai court that she would like to divorce Peter Mukerjea.

Also, Indrani has even wished to change her will saying that she will donate 75 per cent of her assets to the ISKON temple.

As per the reports, the trial in the case, on murder and on the divorce, will go simultaneously.

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday began trial and framed charges against prime accused Indrani Mukerjea and her husband and former media baron Peter Mukerjea in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.

Both Indrani and Peter have been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy by the CBI court. Indrani’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna has also been booked for abetting Sheena’s murder.

The trial in case in Special CBI Court will begin from February 1, 2017.

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All the three accused were charged under IPC sections 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), 364 (kidnapping), 302 (murder), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 203 (giving false information in respect of an offence) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence).

Additionally, Indrani and Sanjeev were charged under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) for plotting to kill her son and Sheena’s brother Mikhail Bora.

Speaking to media, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said,” Minimum punishment in the case is life imprisonment. The next procedure will be for the prosecution to prove the charges.”

Indrani and Peter have been married since 2002; it is the second marriage for both.

Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, was arrested in August 2015 for the alleged murder of her daughter Sheena Bora. Her husband Peter Mukerjea was also arrested for assisting in the murder. Sheena Bora was murdered by Indrani Mukerjea for allegedly entering into a relationship with Peter Mukerjea’s son Rahul Mukerjea from an earlier marriage.

Indrani’s former driver Shyamvar Rai too was held for assisting in the murder.

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