No money laundering angle has come up in the financial details of Sheena Bora murder accused Indrani Mukherjea and her husband, former Star India CEO Peter Mukherjea so far in the investigation, Enforcement Directorate sources said on Monday
This even as the Mumbai Police, which is probing the case, reiterated earlier in the day that money trail in the case was important to establish the exact motive and that they had referred the case to ED only after suspecting huge sums being brought to India through the hawala route.
“We are going through the documents but so far nothing to suggest a money laundering has come before us,” an ED source told The Hindu . Shortly before Rakesh Maria was transferred as Mumbai police commissioner, the investigating team had requested the ED as well as officers from the Economic Offences Wing to probe the investments and financial transactions of the Mukherjea couple.
The exact motive remains undisclosed despite the custodial interrogation of the three accused — Ms. Mukherjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyamvar Rai — being over and police officers investigating the case have also suggested different theories.
On the circumstances aggravating the hostility of Ms. Mukherjea for her daughter, a police source said that these included Sheena’s constant threats of exposing her true relationship with Ms. Mukherjea (mother-daughter and not siblings).
