Indrani Mukerjea bids father farewell

Mumbai: Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, was released on Tuesday morning for a day  from the Byculla jail to perform the last rites of her father Upendra Kumar Bora, who died on December 16 in Assam. Indrani performed the last rites at Brahman Sewa Samiti, Mulund. She has been in judicial custody for over 15 months.

Indrani was later taken back to jail as the CBI court had granted her permission to be released on temporary bail from 7 am to 7 pm only. She had filed an application seeking interim bail for two weeks so that she could visit her native place in Guwahati in Assam to perform the last rites of her father. However, the special CBI judge H.S. Mahajan had allowed her application to the extent that she would be taken to a specific address provided by her in advance to jail authorities to perform the ceremony. The court had said she could be taken out of Byculla jail for a maximum of 12 hours starting 7 am on December 27 and should be brought back to jail by 7 in the evening.

According to Chandramani Indulkar, superintendent of Byculla women’s jail, the police was informed about the court order and escort was sought for her security. As per address provided by her lawyers Indrani was taken to Brahmin Seva Samiti hall in Mulund where she performed the last rites of her father. A group of Hindu priests was present to perform the ceremony, which went on for a couple of hours. During the rituals water was poured on Indrani’s head, after which she was allowed to change her clothes.