Sheena Bora murder: No objection to Indrani's driver Shyamvar turning approver, says CBI

The CBI says it has no objection to Indrani Mukerjea's driver Shyamvar turning approver in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.

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Sheena was reported to have disappeared mysteriously, but it later came to light that she was killed on April 24, 2012.

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In Short

CBI says it has no objection to making Indrani's driver Shyamvar Rai an approver.
Rai had expressed his willingness to become approver in the case.
Sheena was reported to have disappeared mysteriously
but it later came to light that she was killed on April 24
2012.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a reply in a Mumbai court, saying it has no objection to making main accused Indrani Mukerjea's driver Shyamvar Rai an approver in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.

Rai turning approver could significantly help the prosecution case against the remaining prime accused, including former media baron Peter Mukerjea, who was arrested in November last year by the CBI.

Last month, in a major twist in the sensational murder case, Rai, one of the four prime accused, had expressed his desire to turn approver and sought the court's pardon after making certain disclosures about the crime.
Rai - the former trusted driver of Indrani - had written a two-page letter to the Special CBI Court from jail, expressing his willingness to become approver and seek pardon from the court in the case.
"I am aware of the acts connected with the offence and was a participant in the (Sheena Bora) murder," Rai had told the Special Court.
Rai said he was not under any threat, pressure or coercion to reveal the facts pertaining to the case and was "repentant" about his actions.
Rai, who was arrested along with Indrani and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna in August last year, has been in custody for the nine months.
Rai has already confessed that he had witnessed the crime, and was present when Sheena, Indrani's daughter from a previous relationship, was strangled and her half-burnt body dumped in the dense forests of Raigad, around 90 km south of Mumbai, in April 2012.
Sheena, 24, was reported to have disappeared mysteriously, but it later came to light that she was killed on April 24, 2012.
Sheena's body was found on May 23 that year by the local police, but the crime remained unnoticed till August 2015 when the sensational murder case unfolded and forensic tests confirmed that the remains belonged to her.
Among other things, certain financial deals are believed to be the motive behind Sheena Bora's killing, which the CBI is investigating.
The trio of Khanna, Rai and Peter Mukerjea is lodged in Arthur Road Central Jail, while Indrani Mukerjea is lodged in the Byculla Women's Jail.