The CBI official said that they had sought permission to question Indrani Mukerjea for four days, to which the court granted. (File photo)
A special court today granted permission to CBI to question Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, in Byculla women's prison in Mumbai.
Special CBI court Judge HS Mahajan gave permission to the central investigative agency.
"We had sought permission to interrogate Indrani in jail as we have got some more material and we need to confront her with that," a CBI official said.
The official added that they had sought permission to question Ms Mukerjea for four days, to which the court granted.
Meanwhile, CBI opposed former media baron and Ms Mukerjea's husband Peter Mukerjea's bail application stating that he was involved in the conspiracy.
"Indrani gave full information to Peter about the conspiracy. He had knowledge and he was part and parcel of the conspiracy," special CBI prosecutors Bharat Badami and Kavita Patil argued.
Mr Badami also told the court that Ms Mukerjea was giving "running commentary" to Peter Mukerjea about the crime.
However, the court sought to know from the agency about the motive of Sanjeev Khanna, Ms Mukerjea's former husband, in the criminal conspiracy with Ms Mukerjea when Mr Peter Mukerjea was also there.
Rahul Mukerjea, Mr Mukerjea's son from previous marriage, and Ms Bora were in a relationship. CBI had earlier told the court that Ms Mukerjea and Mr Peter Mukerjea were unhappy with their relationship.
Mr Badami said that when Peter Mukerjea came to know that Sheena Bora was Indrani Mukerjea's daughter, everything changed and it resulted in the murder.
Mr Badami also told the court that at the time of disposal of Sheena Bora's body, there was a conversation of 15 minutes between Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea. "After that, there were no calls at odd hours and not even before that," he argued.
The prosecutor also told the court that if Peter Mukerjea was on good terms with certain top police officials then why didn't he help Rahul Mukerjea in finding Sheena Bora after her "disappearance".
The court will continue to hear the arguments tomorrow.
The bail application of Mr Peter Mukerjea, who was arrested in November last year, had been rejected once earlier. Besides, Ms Mukerjea and Mr Peter Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai are also accused in the case.
Ms Mukerjea, Mr Rai and Mr Khanna allegedly strangled Ms Bora (24) inside a car in April 2012. The crime came to light last August.