Indrani denies taking extra dose of anti-depressant

Mumbai: The Byculla women’s prison has requested a court hearing the 2012 Sheena Bora murder case to allow key accused Indrani Mukerjea’s court production through video conferencing, a prison official has said.

The authorities inquiring into the issue of Indrani’s drug overdose following which she was taken to hospital in an unconscious state last week has approached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court citing two cases of drug overdose. “We have sought permission from for conducting all of her future court appearances via video conferencing. This has been sought citing past incidents of drug overdose,” a prison official said.

The probe team recorded Indran’s statement on the drug overdose and her remark about a threat to her life on Thursday.

The 41-year-old accused denied having made a statement about a threat to life after her discharge from hospital on Wednesday, prison sources said. She also denied consuming pills that had the antidepressant chemical benzodiazepine.

The prison officials have also recorded the statement of her husband Peter and former husband Sanjeev Khanna (both accused in Sheena Bora murder case) as they and Indrani would be taken to the court hearing together.

“They both have said that they did not know what happened. They also added that the van had not halted anywhere en route to the court,” the official said.

The prison officials have also written to the JJ Hospital asking them for clarity on chemicals in the medicines being administered to Indrani.

Medical report

Indrani Mukerjea submitted her medical report to the court on Thursday. The Byculla prison doctor told the court that she is weak and cannot walk by herself. The court has kept the matter for further hearing on April 18. The doctor told court that Mukherjea was admitted to hospital for six days and will take as many days to recover.