Indrani set Sheena on fire, says driver

Agencies
July 29, 2017

New Delhi, Jul 29: Indrani Mukerjea, former media personality and a key accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena, set out looking for a “good place” days before the killing where she would dispose of her body, a Mumbai court was told on Friday.

indraniShaymvar Rai, a former driver of Indrani, who was made an approver in the case in June last year, said she also wanted to kill Mikhail, Sheena’s brother.

During his examination, Rai said in March 2012, Indrani, who was then abroad, told him through online video chat application Skype that she wanted to kill Sheena and Mikhail, her two kids from an earlier relationship.

“Indrani said she will take care of my kids, their education and family’s medical expenses, and assured that I will have a permanent job,” Rai claimed.

The crime unfolds

In April 2012, Indrani asked him to find places around Lonavla and Mumbai for dumping the bodies of Mikhail and Sheena after the murder, Rai said.

The next day he picked up Indrani from airport, and on the way home she told him that she wanted to kill Sheena and Mikhail in two days.

Indrani went with him to look for places to dump the bodies. At a spot near Khandala (near Lonavla) she said, “This place will be good for Mikhail.”

‘Good place’

After seeing another spot in Khopoli she said it would be good for Sheena, Rai claimed. Then she spoke to husband Peter Mukerjea over phone in English, Rai said, adding she said it was a good place.

On April 24, 2012, the day Sheena was murdered, Indrani bought six bottles of medicines, one of vodka and two small water bottles. On reaching home, she asked Rai to add the medicines to the liquor and water bottles. It was Indrani who gave the drug-laced water to Sheena when she arrived that evening, Rai said.

As they were moving in the Bandra-Pali Hill area, “Sheena was sitting in the car with eyes closed. Indrani asked me to stop the car and Khanna (Sanjeev Khanna, Indrani’s former husband, a co-accused) got up and sat on the rear seat (next to Sheena and Indrani),” Rai said.

He then saw Khanna grab Sheena’s hair and Indrani strangle her. Indrani asked Rai to cover Sheena’s mouth. The body was taken home and kept in the garage, he said.

On April 25, Indrani, Rai and Khanna drove towards Pen (in Raigad district) with Sheena’s body. On the way, Rai said, Indrani tidied Sheena’s hair and applied lipstick. The body was taken to a spot near Pen where Khanna poured petrol on it and Indrani set it on fire, he said.

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Central Crime Branch Police have nabbed 71 people involved in various crimes taking advantage of Lock-down which prevents movement of people in the street and seized stolen properties worth about Rs 1.70 crore, official said on Wednesday.

Police said that in all 56 cases were booked. In all 17,312 duplicate Sanitisers, 2000 lts of Chemicals, 18,750 fake Masks, 270 Thermometers and two cars were seized from the arrested culprits.

During the raid godowns where rice and dal meant for free distribution during lock-down were robbed and stored were also seized.

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February 6,2020

Kochi, Feb 6: A 46-year-old Thailand national was allegedly raped by two men here, following which they were arrested, police said on Thursday.

The accused hailing from a north Kerala district have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman.

Police said the accused-- Mohammed Insaf and his friend Ansaruddin from Kondotty in Malappuram district were arrested after recording the statement of the victim.

The woman from Thailand had been a Facebook friend of Insaf for the last seven months after she enrolled her child in a school in Malappuram district.

The woman who came from Bangkok recently to visit her child and was staying in a hotel here.

When Insaf came to meet the woman, he was accompanied by his friend Ansaruddin and both allegedly raped the woman at the hotel room, police said.

All formalities including medical examination of the woman were completed, police said.

The accused will be produced before the court on Thursday, they added.

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January 3,2020

Unnao, Jan 3: The Uttar Pradesh Police has submitted a charge sheet in a court here in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was allegedly set ablaze by five men.

Additional Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Pandey, who is heading a Special Investigation Team in the case, said the charge sheet was submitted on Wednesday.

"There is ample proof against the five accused persons, and the charge sheet was prepared based on those evidences," he said on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set on fire, died following a cardiac arrest on December 6, 2019.

The woman was set afire by five men, including two of her alleged rapists, on December 5 morning when she was going to Rae Bareli to attend a court hearing in the rape case filed by her.

In her statement to Sub Divisional Magistrate Dayashankar Pathak, the woman had said she was attacked when she reached Gaura turn near her home on her way to the court.

She had specifically named Harishankar Trivedi, Ram Kishore Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai, Shivam Trivedi and Shubham Trivedi as the persons who set her on fire.

The woman had also alleged that Shivam and Shubham Trivedi had abducted and raped her in December 2018.

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