Sheena murder: Judicial custody of Indrani Mukerjea, 2 others extended till Feb 12

Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Indrani Mukerjea till February 12 in high-profile Sheena Bora murder case.

Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyamwar Rai also got an extension till February 19.

Mukerjea, Khanna and Rai were arrested in August on the charge of murdering 24-year-old Sheena and disposing off her body in a Raigad forest in April 2012, about 84 kms from Mumbai.

Sheena was allegedly strangled in a car, then her body was burnt before being dumped in the forest.

Notably, former media magnate Peter Mukerjea who is the husband of Indrani, is also one of the four prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. He was arrested on November 19, 2015, from his Worli home in Maharashtra. Peter has been granted police custody till February 8.

Sheena Bora, Indrani's daughter from an earlier relationship, was killed in April 2012 and her body was dumped in the forests in Raigad and set fire to.