A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday gave its approval to the CBI to issue Letters Rogatory (LRs) to three countries seeking information about overseas transactions made by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case.
Indrani, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai were arrested by the Mumbai Police last year in connection with Sheena’s murder in 2012. The case was subsequently handed over to the CBI, and the agency went on to arrest Peter, Indrani’s husband. All the four accused are now in judicial custody, and the CBI is probing the transactions made by Peter and Indrani through their companies, in which money was allegedly routed through overseas accounts, including some accounts in Sheena’s name.
“We had applied for permission from the trial court to issue LRs to Singapore, Hong Kong and the U.S., where the Mukerjea’s company had its accounts, so that we could obtain specifics of the transactions. On Tuesday, we were granted permission by the court,” said a CBI officer.
LRs are diplomatic tools that are invoked by law enforcement agencies when investigation of a case extends beyond the borders of the country.
