Victim’s mother named as prime suspect in ‘honour killing’

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A glamorous former media executive married to a British born television mogul has been arrested on suspicion of canada goose outlet in uk murdering a daughter who, until this week, she had passed off as her younger sister.

Indrani Mukerjea, 43, is accused, along with her ex husband and driver, of strangling Sheena Bora, dousing the body in petrol, canada goose outlet edmonton setting it alight and burying the remains in a forest outside Mumbai in 2012.

A police forensic team on Friday dug up charred bones that they believe are the remains of Miss Bora after the accused driver led them to the scene.

As part of a reported cover up, police have alleged that Mrs Mukerjea used Miss Bora phone to send messages impersonating her daughter from Britain and America to say that she had moved to start a new life in the US.

Indrani canada goose outlet store uk Mukerjea, 43, is accused, along with her ex husband and driver, of murdering Sheena Bora

And amid a dizzyingly complex cast of characters, it has only now emerged that Miss Bora was in fact Mrs Mukerjea daughter. For as she had climbed through the ranks of India media elite, Mrs Mukerjea had long introduced Miss Bora as her sister.

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But among those taken in by the subterfuge was Peter Mukerjea, her current husband and the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch Star TV network in India.

cheap Canada Goose Mr Mukerjea, who is not accused of any wrongdoing, told NDTV that he was “dumbstruck” by the allegations and shocked to learn that Miss Bora was his wife’s daughter, not sister as she had claimed to the world. “I feel like I have been kept in the dark about major parts of my marriage for 15 years,” he said. cheap Canada Goose

Mr Mukerjea, 59, was born in London to Indian parents who moved back to Mumbai when he was a baby. He pursued a successful career in Britain canada goose outlet paypal and Asia with companies such as British Home Stores and Ogilvy Mather before rising through the ranks at Star India.

Sheena Bora and boyfriend Rahul Mukerjea

It was there that he met his current wife Indrani, a human resources officer, and the couple married in a high profile wedding Mumbai in 2002.

Retaining strong links to the UK and particularly Bristol, they have a 750,000 apartment on a private estate in the upmarket Sneyd Park area.

canada goose clearance sale Neighbours on the private estate described Mrs Mukerjea as and innocent and not the sort of woman who seemed capable of violence let alone murder. canada goose clearance sale

They said the Mukerjea family had not visited the property for a couple of years, but one neighbour suggested Indrani was there for large parts of 2012, when the murder is thought to have taken place.

The neighbour, who asked not to be named said: were very nice but kept themselves to themselves. They invited me over for a party once. It was for all the neighbours to get to know them.

“She was very sweet and innocent looking. I’m shocked at this. They used to give me a Christmas card every year.

“I think there were living at the property in 2012 [at the time of the murder], so I don’t know how she did it. They are very friendly.”

canada goose store Police have told Indian media that Mrs Mukerjea has confessed her role and said that she became pregnant with Ms Bora after her father raped her as a teenage girl. canada goose store

Sheena Bora, who died in 2012

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Canada Goose Parka “It was an cheap canada goose honour killing because Sheena was having an affair with Rahul, which was not liked by Indrani,” deputy police commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni told AFP. “The prima facie evidence suggests this was the reason for the murder.” Canada Goose Parka

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The murder mystery dominated Indian newspapers and television channels on Friday, with many carrying complex family trees illustrating who in the case.

Police said that they received an anonymous tip off several months ago that Miss Bora had been murdered and Mrs Mukerjea was involved. But canada goose outlet houston officers said the big breakthrough came when her former driver was questioned about an unrelated gun offence and allegedly revealed the details of the murder.

“During canada goose outlet vip his interrogation, he confessed to murder. He took us to the spot where the body was dumped,” said Rakesh Maria, Mumbai police chief, who personal interrogated Mrs Mukerjea.

Mrs Mukerjea ex husband Sanjeev Khanna, Miss Bora step father, has also been arrested. Police said that canada goose outlet toronto the dead woman was last seen with the three accused.