Peter Mukherjea, the owner of 9X group of channels, was arrested by the CBI Mumbai police in the wee hours today. The CBI was grilling him continously for the past three days and reportedly had been questioning him till 1 am today. Peter Mukherjea the now husband of Indrani Mukherjea, was one of the witness in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.
Indrani Mukherjea is already behind the bars for the alleged murder of her own daughter Sheena, the motive for which is yet not clear. Peter Mukherjea's arrest was nailed by his driver Rai, who testified that Sheena was discussed in length and in great detail by Indrani and Peter in his presence. If these discussions also included Sheena's murder plan is still not clear.
Peter Mukherjea who feigned ignorance was earlier caught giving contradicting statements on television to a popular news channel, Times Now. The anchor of the show Arnab Goswami had in an earlier interview got out from Peter Mukherjea that he did not know about Sheena Bora and that she was introduced to him as Indrani 's sister. But, in a similar interview after a few days, Peter was found saying that in fact he had met Sheena Bora many times and was aware that she was Indrani's daughter.
This high profile case was nearly dusted under the carpet by these high profile page 3 celebrities but came dramatically into the limelight when Mukherjea's driver Rai was pulled up by the cops for some petty crime. During interrogation, Rai blurted out his misdeeds and to the Mukherjea's horror also told about the body which was abandoned in Raigad, Maharashtra.
The police put the jigsaw pieces together and framed the Mukherjea's nearly a year after the crime was committed. There were reports of pressure tactics by influential people to slow down the investigations and also the then police commissioner, Rakesh Maria's closeness to Peter Mukherjea. The chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, under immense pressure from the media, decided to give a prior retirement to the police commissioner, Rakesh Maria and in due course even handed over the investigation to the CBI.
The CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation - is an exclusive crime investigation team set up by the Central Government of India for handling high profile cases and cases where witnesses are scattered around the country. The cases where the state government's jurisdiction may prove a hurdle or the force strength may prove inefficient.
The case is still being pursued with startling revelations day after day. But one thing is for sure - a crime has happened and the authorities are keen to get to the bottom of it and bring the guilty to book
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