Former media baron Peter Mukejea underwent a lie-detector test in connection with the three-year old sensational murder of his step daughter Sheena Bora. CBI sources said several questions about the crime, his conversations with his wife Indrani Mukerjea and his own statements were put to him during the test by CBI officials at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.
They said there were some questions where there were indications of "deception". The agency has received the nod from a special court to subject Peter to polygraph tests. The agency produced Peter before a special court in Mumbai on Monday which extended his police custody.
CBI has subjected Mukerjea to intense questioning since November 19 when he was taken into custody which ranged from alleged siphoning off funds from the media house founded by him and Indrani, overseas account of Sheena Bora, relations between family members, missing details of Sheena and his conversations with his son Rahul.
The sources claimed that on many accounts his answers were purportedly not convincing and changing which prompted CBI to put him to polygraph test.
Funds siphoned off funds from INX deal
Nearly three months after CBI took over the probe, the agency for the first time made a reference to reports of £90 million being siphoned off by Peter and Indrani during the INX News Pvt Ltd selloff.
The agency, in its remand application seeking further custody of Peter, told a court in Mumbai that it suspects the couple created an account in Sheena’s name, possibly in a bank in Singapore, to park money illegally. The agency said these financial transactions could be a motive behind the murder.
