Sheena Bora murder: Prosecution says bones are not traceable
A significant piece of evidence in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder prosecution appears to have gone missing. The prosecution informed the court that the bones, which the CBI alleges are Sheena Bora’s remains, are supposedly untraceable.
The missing evidence includes skeleton remains discovered by Pen police in 2012, the year Sheena Bora was allegedly murdered. Public Prosecutor CJ Nandode stated the special CBI court in Mumbai that the bones, which are critical for forensic investigation, could not be found despite a comprehensive search.
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The breakthrough occurred during the testimony of Dr. Zeba Khan, a forensic specialist from JJ Hospital who first examined the bones in 2012 and determined they were human remains. Dr Khan’s examination was critical in developing the prosecution’s narrative.
The prosecution had already asked more time to locate the bones, which defense attorneys did not contest. However, after failing to locate them, the prosecution is allegedly willing to proceed with Dr. Khan’s testimony without presenting the bones as evidence. The defence raised no objections to this change, which is expected to damage the prosecution’s case.
CBI alleged Sheena was strangled by mother, ex-husband and driver Shyamwar Rai
According to the CBI, Sheena Bora was strangled by her mother, Indrani Mukerjea, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna, and driver Shyamwar Rai in 2012. The body was supposedly taken to Pen village and burned.
The remains recovered by Pen police in 2012 were taken to JJ Hospital for evaluation. The case went unsolved until 2015, when Rai’s arrest led to the discovery of the alleged murder.
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Khar police later discovered other corpses at the dumping site in 2015. These remains were transported to AIIMS in Delhi for further analysis to ascertain whether they belonged to the same person as the remains discovered in 2012, as well as gender, age, and cause of death.
The CBI maintains that both sets of remains belonged to Sheena Bora. However, Indrani Mukerjea’s lawyer, Ranjeet Sangle, denies this assertion, claiming that the remains from 2012 and 2015 are not from the same individual.
