Sheena Bora murder: Even top lobbyists couldn't save Peter from CBI

Peter Mukerjea who the CBI arrested on Thursday night after daylong questioning had sought the help of top troubleshooters in New Delhi ever since the Maharashtra government transferred the case to the Central Bureau of InvestigationAlso read Sheena Bora murder CBI files 1000page chargesheet against 3 accusedIn the net The CBI questioned Peter Mukerjea since Thursday morning before placing him under arrest at night File picIt is reliably learnt that Mukerjearsquos worries started the day the case was taken away from Mumbai Police whose officers mdash very recently mdash told CBI officials that Mukerjea had confessed that he was aware of ldquoa plot to eliminate Sheenardquo but ldquodid not pay enough noticerdquoIt was not immediately known why these Mumbai police officers did not interrogate Mukerjea further Then commissioner Rakesh Maria was transferred midinvestigation and the case was handed to the CBI after it was revealed that his successor Ahmad Javed was a friend of the MukerjeasPeter Mukerjea outside Khar Police station days after his wife Indrani was arrested in September File picSince the CBI started its probe Mukerjea played a smart game sources said To his interrogators he said he was ready to cooperate and to friends he said he had cancelled all his trips till the charge sheet against his wife Indrani was filedAlso read Sheena Bora murder CBI was not convinced of Peter Mukerjeas claims of innocenceldquoBut all the time he was in touch with some of Delhirsquos top lobbyists who have a storied history of success He desperately wanted to get out of CBIrsquos grasprdquo said a top source privy to the CBI probe of the caseMore people in troubleNow that Mukerjea has been arrested there are chances that financial dealings he and his wife Indrani carried out to sell his channel could come to fore causing discomfort to a lot of people involved in the sameldquoA top legal firm could be in trouble as could a top IPS officer in Mumbai for his complicityrdquo the source saidThe IPS officer it is reliably learnt was single handedly instrumental in hushing up the case in 2012 when Borarsquos decomposed body was found in Pen talukaIt was the officer who had called RD Shinde superintendent of police Raigad district and in charge of the Pen police station instructing him not to register any caseShinde allegedly told Subhash Mirge inspector of Pen police station to hush up the case and not register an FIR or an accidental death reportWorse the Pen police did not send proper samples of Sheenarsquos body to JJ Hospital with the alleged aim of preventing identificationThough statements of Shinde and Mirge were eventually recorded no immediate action was taken against them However an inquiry has been ordered by the state DGP to find out if there were any lapses on part of the police The inquiry is pending Even attempts by Mukerjearsquos son Rahul who was in love with Sheena to register a missing personrsquos complaint with Worli and Khar police were checkmated by this very IPS officerAlso read Sheena Bora murder case CBI nabs exmedia tycoon Peter MukerjeaMukerjea mdash during his interrogation by the CBI mdash even argued that he was not the only one involved in ldquostrange underthetable financial dealings for his channelrdquo and that there were other channels in India routinely raising cash from all kinds of routes and sourcesldquoHe has even agreed to spill the beansrdquo the source said