Sheena’s father surfaces in Kolkata, says hang Indrani if guilty

Sheena Bora’s biological father surfaced on Tuesday for the first time and sought death for her mother Indrani Mukerjea, wife of former Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea, if she had killed Sheena as skeletal remains purportedly of the 24-year-old were sent for forensic tests.

Kolkata-based Siddharth Das, who according to some accounts was believed to have sneaked to Bangladesh, admitted he was Sheena’s biological father though he had never married her mother and said “she should be hanged” if she had committed the murder.

He said Indrani left him in 1989 and they have not been in touch ever since. Das said he came to know about the murder through newspapers and was ready to cooperate in the investigation. Sheena and her brother Mikhail, who lived in Guwahati, were Indrani’s children with Das.

“I want her to be <g data-gr-id="39">hanged,</g> if she killed Sheena.... I am feeling heartbroken. I never married Indrani officially. I met Indrani in college in 1986. She left me in 1989. <g data-gr-id="36">May be</g> Indrani was not satisfied with my state as I did not have a job then,” Das said in Kolkata. He also said he was ready for a DNA test, if required, for confirming Sheena’s parentage. On whether Indrani could have murdered Sheena, he said, “I believe Indrani could do this.”

On the other hand, after nearly a week of questioning sometimes for 10 hours a day, Indrani has revealed next to nothing about her daughter Sheena’s murder, maintaining she is hale and hearty in the US. Most of the questioning has been led by Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria himself. But Indrani has not been answering questions, saying she would talk only after consulting her lawyer.

 Every time the investigators try to create pressure on Indrani, she confidently tells them to back off and threatens to complain about their alleged aggressive tactics to the court.

 Meanwhile, a senior official of Maharashtra police on Tuesday said the inquiry into the alleged failure of Raigad Police to register an accidental death report (ADR) after a burnt corpse, purportedly of Sheena Bora, was found in 2012, would consider all facets of the lapses.

On Monday, the metropolitan court had extended the police custody of all three accused — Indrani, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai — till September 5.

Investigators probing the case have said Indrani and Sanjeev allegedly placed Sheena’s body on the seat of their vehicle as they drove from Mumbai to Raigad to burn and dump it to destroy evidence.