Peter Mukerjea outside Mumbai's Khar police station on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
TV tycoon Peter Mukerjea is being questioned by the Mumbai Police for the third consecutive day today in the murder case of his step-daughter Sheena Bora. He arrived at the Khar police station around noon, accompanied by his step-daughter Vidhie.
For the last two days, Mr Mukerjea has spent almost 12 hours at the police station. His wife, Indrani Mukerjea, who was arrested last week for the murder of her daughter Sheena, is also at the same police station along with her former husband Sanjeev Khanna, Vidhie's father.
Mr Khanna has reportedly told the police that he agreed to help kill Ms Bora because he was told Ms Bora and her younger brother Mekhail were planning to kill Vidhie.
Mr Mukerjea was in the UK when Ms Bora was allegedly strangled in a hired car by her mother, driver and step father Sanjeev Khanna, according to the police. Her body was kept overnight at Mr Mukerjea's home, then driven to a forest the next morning where it was set on fire. The Mukerjea residence and garage were searched by the police yesterday. The owner of the car rental service has also been questioned, police sources say.
Ms Mukerjea, the police say, was entrenched in an alleged financial battle with her daughter; the money they fought over was allegedly linked to the INX Media Group, co-founded in 2007 by Ms Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea. Today, Mr Mukerjea is likely to be questioned on the money trail after winding up of the group.
Mr Mukerjea's son from his previous marriage, Rahul, was living with Ms Bora when she disappeared after an evening meeting with her mother. Ms Mukerjea told friends and family that Ms Bora had shifted to the US.