New Delhi/Mumbai: Sheena Bora murder case is turning out to be one of the most sensational mysteries of recent times in India. In a startling revelation making it murkier, Mumbai Police Wednesday confirmed that the woman who was murdered was not top ranking media executive Indrani Mukerjea’s sister but her daughter. Sheena’s brother Mikhail Bora also verified the report saying that both he and Sheena were Indrani’s children.

Mumbai Police is not leaving any stone unturned to get to the core of the murder muddle of Sheena, allegedly by her mother Indrani, wife of former Star India chief executive officer Peter Mukherjea.

Police sources say that Bora was first strangled and her body was kept overnight in a car parked in Mukerjea’s garage. The next day the body was allegedly taken to a forest in Raigad on the outskirts of Mumbai where it was burnt.

Police sources have revealed that the body was then recovered and dispensed of, and that it was Peter Mukerjea’s driver who helped establish that the corpse was that of Sheena. It is now learnt that Indrani had plans to murder her son Mikhail too. Indrani had reportedly asked Mikhail to come to Mumbai, but he had refused.

Confirming the same, Mikhail said, “She asked me to come to Kolkata but I refused. She told me she will take care of my grandparents and that I should move to Kolkata where she will get me a job and help me settle there, but my instinct told me not to and I refused. She threatened to cut off funds for my grandparents if I did not comply.”

However, Mikhail claims that he never met Indrani’s second husband Kolkata-based businessman Sanjeev Khanna who has also been arrested for his alleged role in Sheena’s murder. While he did not speak much about the details, he said he has much more information but will reveal it at an appropriate time. He and Sheena are believed to be Indrani’s illegitimate children.

Mikhail told reporters on Thursday that he believes his mother is guilty and would divulge her motive if she did not reveal the truth soon. He also said that Indrani never encouraged her children to call her their mother.

“I have photographic evidence of Sheena, Indrani, Peter and Rahul [Mukerjea]. I am willing to hand it over to police when they contact me. She was my elder sister, I want justice,” he added.

Meanwhile, Rahul, son of Peter Mukerjea, has revealed that he was the last person to meet Sheena on April 24, 2012. He had reportedly been in a relationship with Sheena. He added that Sheena went to meet Indrani who was with her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and their driver. However, he said that he tried speaking to Sheena and tried calling on her number several times, but could not get through her phone. He also said that he had filed the missing person’s complaint about Sheena but it was ignored.

Disagreements

Rahul also said he received a text message from Sheena’s mobile two days later saying she wants to end the relationship and added that his repeated attempts to contact her had failed.

The police are yet to determine the motive behind the murder, but several theories have been put forward by sources. One of them is that Indrani was upset about Sheena’s relationship with Rahul.

Indrani has a second daughter, Vidhi, from her second marriage to Khanna.

Indrani allegedly approached ex-husband Sanjeev and told him that if Rahul married Sheena, then their daughter Vidhi would be cheated out of the Mukerjea inheritance. Sources say this could have been why Sanjeev agreed to help murder Sheena.

Another theory is that Indrani was having disagreements with Sheena, mostly about money and property. Indrani and Peter had founded the 9X Media group and then left it amid reports of embezzlement. When the two sold their stake in the media group, they allegedly routed all the money to accounts of relatives, including Sheena. Later on, Sheena refused to give the money back, sources say.

Denying any knowledge of Sheena being Indrani’s daughter, Peter said he only knew that Indrani and Sheena were siblings.

“I met Sheena on several occasions. She was staying in Mumbai and used to visit our place. I also helped her in her admission in Xavier’s college,” Peter said.

He claimed that Sheena was in a relationship with Rahul, his son from his previous marriage, but Indrani’s parents did not approve of the relationship.

“I was told that her parents did not want Sheena and my son to be in a relationship so I was told that she was sent to the United States. I was not in touch with her thereafter,” he said.

When asked about the equation that Indrani, Sheena and Mikhail shared, Peter said, “Most of the times, they would speak in Assamese, which I do not understand.”

Claiming that he was completely kept in the dark, Peter said that he even dismissed his son’s statements when he used to say that Sheena was not in the United States.