Indrani Mukerjea, wife of former Star TV CEO, arrested on allegations of murder

More than three years after Mumbai resident Sheena Bora went missing, Indrani Mukerjea, who happens to be the wife of former Star TV CEO Peter Mukherjea, has been arrested by the city police. Although initial reports had said that Sheena was Indrani’s sister, subsequent reports say that Sheena is her daughter. [caption id=“attachment_2408284” align=“alignleft” width=“380” class=" “]  Image courtesy: Facebook[/caption] Indrani’s chauffeur, 43-year-old Shyam Rai, too has been placed under custody. A missing persons complaint had been filed in May 2012 at the Khar police station after Sheena, who lived in the suburb was untraceable. According to an Indian Express report reports, around the same time the police had found partially burned remains of a woman’s body near a farm house in Lonavala. Indrani’s role in the murder came to light after the police arrested the driver in a matter involving an unidentified pistol. According to reports, the driver confessed to having killed Sheena and having dumped the body. He also reportedly claimed he had been told to commit the murder by Indrani. He then took the police to a location in Lonavala where he was said to have dumped the body. The police discovered partial skeletal remains dumped there, according to the Indian Express report. The police suspect that the murder may have the result of a financial or property dispute. The Times of India reports that an FIR has now been lodged under sections of murder, kidnapping and destroying of evidence. Indrani was later produced before a magistrate’s court which remanded to police custody till 31 August , a Hindustan Times report said. Her lawyers’ sought bail for her but it was rejected. Peter Mukherjea has been quoted in the Hindustan Times report as saying that his family would provide co-operation to the police in their investigations, and that he hoped the issue would be resolved soon. Indrani had married Peter Mukerjea in 2002, and they established 9X Media in 2007 with her as the CEO of the group. They exited the company in 2009.