01 September,2015 07:29 AM IST | | Sailee Dhayalkar
Police officials said Indrani and Sanjeev had used the video calling service as they believed that getting details of calls made through it would be more difficult than regular calls
The conspiracy to kill Sheena Bora was hatched by Indrani Mukerjea (43) and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna (50) over Skype, sources in the police force have told mid-day.
Cops lead Indrani Mukerjea out of a city court yesterday. Pic/AFP
They said the duo had chosen the video calling service to cover their tracks as they believed that getting details of Skype calls is much more difficult compared to phone calls.
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mid-day had reported yesterday (âKilling Sheena in the car was Plan C') how the duo had allegedly discarded two other plans for killing Indrani's daughter, before settling on the one they executed.
Spoke often
Cops said that the duo, who had divorced in 2002, were in regular touch before the murder. The police have retrieved Call Detail Records, which have revealed that they had been talking to each other nearly 10-12 times a day before and after the plan to kill Sheena was executed.
"Fearing that making calls to each other and talking about the details of the murder over the phone would land them in trouble, Indrani and Khanna used their respective Skype accounts to hatch the murder conspiracy," said a police officer who is investigating the case.
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The officer added, " We are now trying to get details on the interactions that took place between Indrani and Khanna before and after they killed Sheena."
Additional charge
Officials said that Mikhail's interrogation had revealed that Khanna and Indrani had tried to kill him as well. Mikhail was allegedly given vodka laced with sedatives at the Hiltop Hotel in Worli, but he regained consciousness and managed to flee while the two were not in the room.
Following the revelations made by Mikhail, Indrani and Sanjeev, who had been booked for murder and conspiracy so far, have also been charged under Sections 307 (Attempt to murder) and 328 (Causing hurt by means of poison) of the Indian Penal Code.
