Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed the interim bail application of Indrani Mukerjea, a chargesheeted accused in the April 2012 Sheena Bora murder case, who sought it in order to attend her father’s last rituals at Guwahati.
While opposing her application, the CBI argued that whatever rituals she wants to perform for her deceased father can be conducted within the jail premises.
CBI counsel Bharat Badami, while opposing the application on Wednesday, also expressed fear that she may escape while traveling to Guwahati. He further argued that charges are about to be framed in the Sheena murder case and there is a possibility that Indrani may harm eyewitnesses if released on interim bail. The CBI counsel also showed an email of Mikhail Bora, who is Indrani’s son, in which Mikhail stated that Indrani’s father Upendra Kumar Bora had legally adopted him as a son, therefore he had performed his grandparents’ last rituals. He also stated in the email that he had been taking care of his grandparents without any financial and mental support from Indrani for three years and requested CBI not to allow her to come to his Guwahati home. Mikhail also stated that if Indrani comes to Guwahati, it would create chaos and also disturb his life.
Opposing Indrani’s application, Mr Badami said, “On November 1, 2015 her mother Durga Rani Bora, had died but Indrani did not seek permission to attend her last rituals. Further, in Tuesday’s application she wrongly mentioned the date of her mother’s death. It shows how close she was to her mother”. The court after hearing both the sides, reserved the order till Thursday.
Special CBI court judge H.S. Mahajan was hearing an interim bail application filed by Indrani in which she sought two weeks leave to attend her father’s last rituals at Guwahati. Her father Upendra Kumar Bora had died last Thursday and CBI officers had informed her on Monday. On Tuesday, when Indrani’s counsel has filed the application, the court asked CBI to file its reply on Wednesday.
Gunjan Mangla, counsel for Indrani, had argued that if CBI doesn’t want to allow her to go to Guwahati then she can be allowed to go to Nashik or any other place near Mumbai to perform her father’s last rituals.
