Indrani Mukerjea's daughter, Vidhie Mukerjea, on Tuesday deposed before the court in the Sheena Bora murder case and denied recording any statement before the probe agencies, calling her statement in the CBI's chargesheet as "forged and fabricated".
Vidhie is daughter of former media executive Indrani Mukerjea and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna, both accused in the decade-long sensational murder case.
During her deposition, she claimed her mother was left with no funds to defend herself as Rahul and Rabin, media baron Peter Mukerjea's sons, had stolen her ancestral jewellery worth crores and cash amounting to Rs 7 crore from her account.
Thus, they had a clear motive to falsely implicate Indrani Mukerjea, now out on bail, in the case, the witness said, PTI reported.
Vidhie Mukerjea admitted she was called by the Mumbai police, which probed the case initially, and then by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning. The probe agencies asked her questions and she replied to them, she told the court.
She, however, denied recording any statement before the central agency or the police.
When the statement, part of the CBI chargesheet, was shown to Vidhie Mukerjea during the court deposition, she explicitly stated it was "never recorded by me or under my instruction".
Therefore, it is correct to say the statement annexed in the chargesheet is "forged and fabricated", the witness said while responding to a question of defence lawyer Ranjeet Sangle, PTI reported.
Vidhie Mukerjea argued that if such a forged statement has been recorded "under my name there would be ulterior motives and malafide intentions".
She contended that somebody had forged and fabricated her statement to falsely implicate her biological parents -- Indrani Mukerjea and Sanjeev Khanna -- in the case.
(With inputs from PTI)
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