File photo of Peter and Indrani Mukerjea
Media tycoon Peter Mukerjea is recording his statement with the police on the murder of his step-daughter Sheena Bora, allegedly by his wife Indrani Mukerjea and two others.
Last week, the Mumbai police had called the former Star India CEO for questioning and had refused to accept a written statement from him. Mr Mukerjea was told that when the police needed to, they would call him for questioning.
Indrani Mukerjea was arrested on August 24 for the murder of Sheena Bora, her daughter from an earlier relationship, in 2012. She has been accused of killing her over a financial dispute, with the help of her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver.
Peter Mukerjea, who has been married to Indrani Mukerjea for 13 years and set up a media company with her, had first said that he was unaware that Sheena Bora was his wife's daughter; Indrani Mukerjea had introduced her to the world as her sister.
A few days after the arrest, Mr Mukerjea amended his version to say Sheena Bora did inform him that she was his step-daughter, but he had no reasons not to believe his wife Indrani Mukerjea's denial of that claim though he found it "difficult to digest".
Mr Mukerjea maintained that he vaguely remembered the date when he was told about the fact and it was sometime in 2011.
He also claimed that the same thing was communicated to him by his son, Rahul Mukerjea, but he had not believed him as well.
Sheena Bora was engaged to Rahul, Peter Mukerjea's son from an earlier marriage, when she was murdered on April 24, 2012.
The 24-year-old was strangled in a car, then her body was burnt and dumped in the forests in Raigad, 84 km from Mumbai. The remains were found a month later and buried by the police, which treated the body as unclaimed. For three years, Indrani Mukerjea told family and friends that Sheena had shifted to the US.