New Delhi: A special court here today sent
Indrani Mukerjea, a prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder
case, to 14 days judicial custody in connection with a case
related to INX Media.
Special CBI Judge Sunil Rana remanded Indrani to judicial
custody after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said
she was not required for further custodial interrogation in
this case.
Indrani, who was produced before the court after two-day
CBI custody ended, will be taken to Mumbai today itself.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's son Karti's name
has also cropped up in the case, which relates to Foreign
Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2007 for
receipt of funds by INX Media.
Indrani is one of the founders of INX Media.
The CBI had earlier said Indrani was required to be
questioned and confronted with other accused in the case.
There are voluminous records in the case and permission
to interrogate had been granted earlier as well, it had said.
The Mumbai Police had told the court that Indrani has to
be produced before a Mumbai court on February 13 and cannot be
kept in Delhi beyond that.
The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case against
INX Media, its founders Peter Mukerjea, former media baron,
and his wife Indrani, and others under the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA).
INX Media has been accused of violating FIPB guidelines
while receiving investments from Mauritius.
The Mukerjeas are facing trial in Mumbai for allegedly
conspiring to kill Sheena Bora, Indrani's daughter from an
earlier relationship, in April 2012.
PTI
