Was Sheena Bora murdered for Rs 900 cr? Mystery over money angle

Police escorted Peter Mukerjea and Sanjeev KhannaIt was in September 2016 when Fadnavis was quoted as saying that the lsquofinancial anglersquo involved in the murder was the reason that the state had decided to transfer the probe over to the Central Bureau of Investigation However yesterday a senior police officer aghast with the manner in which the CBI handled the case lamented ldquoWhat wrong did we do Instead of appreciating our work in detecting such a highprofile case the investigating team was humiliated and shunted out for no faultrdquoAlso read Mumbai Crime Mother Indrani killed daughter Sheena says CBI courtArthur Road jail after dropping Indrani Mukerjea at the Byculla jail PicsSuresh Karkera Bipin KokateMoney trailSpeaking to midday even Peter Mukerjearsquos defence lawyer Mihir Gheewala raised the obvious question Where is the financial angle ldquoThe CBI worked on the case for the last yearandahalf and right from the beginning portrayed as if a huge financial scam mdash almost to the tune of Rs 900 crore mdash was one of motives for Sheenarsquos murder The CBI had even claimed that Peter and Indrani had siphoned off the money that they got from the sale of INX NewsrdquoYP Singh and Mihir Gheewala Peterrsquos lawyer question the financial angle theoryLater during seeking Peterrsquos remand the CBI informed the court that they were probing a bank account in Singapore that was probably opened in Sheenarsquos name that all the money might have been illegally deposited that bank account and that these financial transactions could reveal the real motive behind the murder of SheenaSheena Bora with Rahul MukerjeaMeanwhile Gautam Mukerjea Peterrsquos brother who is in town from Goa to attend the hearing said ldquoI am a prosecution witness in the case now and so is Rahul so it is not right on my part to make any statement at this stagerdquoPeter and Indrani in happier timesAngle gone missingInterestingly though in all its three chargesheets one main and two supplementary filed till date the CBI has not mentioned anything about the money trail that they were probing ldquoThis was one of the major reasons for roping the CBI into the case but the very angle could not be probedrdquo said Gheewala adding ldquoThe Mumbai police had investigated the case and detected the crime with the arrest of Indrani and other involved accused They even exhumed the body and matched the skeletal remains with Indranirsquos but before they could proceed any further the case was handed over to CBI Other than arresting Peter and showing him as a conspirator in the case the CBI has not made any headway in all this timerdquoPolice still miffedThe Mumbai police officer dejected after the charges were framed yesterday said ldquoSheena Bora was hacked to death in 2012 and everyone including the accused had forgotten about her It was the Mumbai police that followed the tip and unmasked the highprofile people involved in the crime It was all part of our discreet detection which was meticulously planned and executed that within 14 days the case was cracked and those involved were arrestedrdquoRead Story 10 sensational cases to watch out for in 2017However he claims ldquoWe were shunted out of our positions we were humiliated and our hard work was ignored We are back to our normal policing but this entire episode has hit the morale badlyrdquo adding ldquoMost of the news channels had the panelists and anchors shouting that the Khar police had missed the huge lsquofinancial anglersquo Why are they silent todayrdquoExpert speaksIPS officerturnedlawyer YP Singh who was also a panelist in one such discussion admitted that the CBI had not come up with anything credible on the financial angle ldquoThe money trail itself was a concocted story It now seems that the entire angle was blown up in the media due to a systematic leak of information from those who were privy to the investigationrdquo he says adding ldquoNo one showed any application of mind asking a simple question mdash Sheena was penniless then how could money be a motive for the murderrdquoHowever when reminded that he was amongst those who supported the money trail theory he refuted ldquoRight from the beginning I maintained that money could not be a motive for murder I never supported this theory and was skeptical about it from the beginningrdquoYet on the notion that the CBI could still file a supplementary chargesheet on discovering additional evidence on the financial trail he said ldquoOnce the chargesheet is filed it is understood that the investigation is over The CBI though can always file any new evidence during the course of the trial with due permission of the courtrdquoWhat CBI saysOn being posed the question of the missing financial angle acting CBI spokesperson simply said ldquoFurther investigation is continuingrdquoHowever for more clarity a senior CBI officer on condition of anonymity said ldquoWe have written letters rogatory to Singapore UK USA in connection to the overseas money trail probe we are yet to receive feedback from themrdquo