Peter Mukerjea faces murder, criminal conspiracy charges in Sheena Bora case

Peter Mukerjea has been sent to CBI custody till November 23

Mumbai

: CBI on Friday pressed murder and criminal conspiracy charges against media tycoon and Indrani's husband Peter Mukerjea. Peter has been booked under sections 302, 120 B, 306, 201, and 363 of the IPC in the FIR and has been accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy by the CBI.

Earlier on Thursday, the CBI arrested Peter in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case for allegedly "shielding the accused" and was produced in a magistrate's court here on Friday.

CBI sought 14-day custody of Peter, saying he played an active role and was involved in conspiracy with wife Indrani.

CBI told the court that Peter misled his son Rahul Mukerjea that Sheena was in US. However, to Peter's defence, his lawyer said he was in London when the murder took place.

The CBI court has extended Peter's wife Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyamvar Rai judicial custody till December 3.

In a fresh twist in the Sheena case, Peter Mukerjea was arrested on Thursday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), hours after it filed a chargesheet in which Indrani, the mother of the victim born from her first marriage, and two others were accused of the crime.

A CBI spokesperson had said that Peter's name surfaced during its probe in the case and "he has been arrested".

The spokesperson refused to divulge any further details in the case, but sources in the probe agency said he has been arrested for allegedly "shielding the accused" and "inconsistencies" in his statements. Peter was placed under arrest after another round of questioning.