In a fresh turn of events in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, key accused Indrani Mukerjea’s former driver Shyamvar Rai today told a special CBI court in Mumbai that he wants to turn approver and ‘disclose certain truths about the commission of the offence’.
Last week, Rai had written a two-page letter to the court stating that he wants to reveal the truth and had sought pardon in the case.
Rai informed the Special Judge H S Mahajan that he is aware about the acts connected with the commission of the offence and was a participant to the murder and that Sheena was killed by strangulation. He also told the court that he was under ‘no pressure, threat or coercion’ to reveal the facts in the case and was ‘repentant’ for his act.
The court directed CBI to file its reply on the 17th of May over Rai’s plea to turn approver in the case.
Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena, aged 24, Indrani’s daughter from earlier relationship, inside a car in April 2012.
After the crime came to light in August 2015, the trio was immediately taken into custody, while Indrani’s husband Peter Mukerjea was arrested in November. According to CBI, Peter was part of the murder conspiracy.
The court had also directed CBI to file its written submission on Indrani’s husband Peter’s bail plea on 13th May, failing which the court said it will fix the matter for passing the order. Peter’s bail application had been rejected in the past.