Former top cop Rakesh Maria, now state’s director general (Home Guards), and two senior officials of the force were questioned by the CBI in connection with the Sheena Bora case
Rakesh Maria
Former top cop Rakesh Maria, now state’s director general (Home Guards), and two senior officials of the force were questioned by the CBI in connection with the Sheena Bora case.
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CBI officers said the three officers were “examined” as they were part of the initial probe team which investigated the case and arrested Indrani Mukerjea.
The CBI also questioned Deven Bharti, joint commissioner (law and order) and Satya Narayan Choudhary, deputy commissioner of police (zone X).
CBI sources claimed there were differences in the versions of all the three officers in connection with the investigation of the murder case.
The spotlight had fallen on Maria after the CBI arrested former TV executive Peter Mukerjea last year. There were allegations that Maria had not probed the property angle in the case.
Maria was alleged to have taken an “unusual interest” in the case and frequently visited Khar police station for questioning the accused including Indrani, Peter’s wife.
As various theories floated about the reasons for Maria’s transfer, the state Home department had said the changes were made taking into account the law and order factor ahead of Ganeshotsav, dismissing suggestions that had anything to do with the ongoing investigation in the case.
However, former Mumbai Police commissioner Satyapal Singh, now a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, had told TV channels that one of the reasons for shifting Maria could be that he was close to Peter.
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