Kolkata: Siddartha Das, Indrani Mukherjea’s first husband has been traced in Kolkata and has claimed that he never married her but was in a live-in relationship with her.
“Mumbai Police has not contacted me. If they will contact me, I will cooperate with them. I met Indrani in 1986 and she left me in 1989 and after that she never met me. Indrani was very ambitious, money-minded and wanted a glamorous life. Sheena was born in 1987 and Mikhail in 1988. I last spoke to Sheena when she was in class 10.” he said.
Siddartha Das currently lives in a rented flat in Durganagar near Dumdum with his family. Babli Das, his wife speaking on the high profile case said that she never knew that her husband had any earlier relationship with anybody and does not care what had happened in the past.
A team of Mumbai will leave for Kolkata and question Das in the mysterious murder, said sources.
Das’s claims were earlier corroborated by his brother Santanu who had claimed that Sheena was Siddartha’s daughter. He said, “Sheena is my brother Siddartha Das’ daughter with Indrani Mukherjea. Yes, I met Sheena and Indrani around 1989 when Sheena was 6 months old. I have not met Mikhail.”
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has traced e-mail communication between Indrani and her woman employee who forged Sheena’s signature on a fake resignation letter at Indrani’s behest, said sources.
Indrani is also said to have sent samples of Sheena’s signature to her employee through email. The employee then replied having copied the sign for Indrani’s approval. Indrani had then asked her to improve the signature.
It is still unclear if the employee will be charged with forgery but she is likely to be made a witness. Indrani had faked Sheena’s resignation letter post her death.
On Monday, the Bandra court extended the police custody of Indrani, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai till September 5.
Though Sheena, the daughter of high-profile media professional Indrani Mukerjea, was allegedly murdered in 2012 and her body disposed of in Raigad district, the crime came to light only recently.
Sheena in US!
Indrani during interrogation told police that her daughter Sheena Bora is alive and presently residing in the United States.
