'IPS officer advised her not to file missing complaint about Sheena'

Indrani Mukerjea prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case told Rahul Mukerjea that senior police officer Deven Bharti had advised them not to file police complaint after Sheena went missing as per a recorded conversation played in the special CBI court here on FridayRahul son of former media baron Peter Mukerjea and Sheenas fiance is currently deposing before the court in the Sheena Bora murder trial On Friday several telephonic conversations between Rahul and Indrani were played in the court of special CBI judge S P NaikNimbalkarThe murder came to light in 2015 three years after Sheena 24 was allegedly killed by her mother Indrani Mukerjea with the help of coaccused Sanjeev Khanna and Shyamvar RaiRahul had told the court earlier that he began to record his conversations with Indrani after he found her replies to questions about Sheenas whereabouts suspiciousAlso read I havenrsquot still hugged Vidhie Irsquoll need court permission for that Indrani MukerjeaIn one of the conversations Indrani told Rahul that she and his father her then husband Peter Mukerjea were sitting together and trying to find out the best thing to do to locate sheenaLater in the same conversation Indrani is heard telling Rahul that they knew then chief of Mumbai crime Branch Deven Bharti who asked them not to file a missing person complaint and instead search for Sheena on the basis of her mobile phone location themselvesIndrani also told Rahul that they had informed Bharti and we cannot go higher than that informing anybodyAccording to Deven Bhartis own deposition before the CBI court earlier Indrani and Peter had met him sometime in 2012 and gave him the mobile number of a relative who was missing for tracing his location Later they told him that this relative had been found the IPS officer told the courtSheena was last seen on April 24 2012 when Rahul dropped her in suburban Bandra as she was going to meet IndraniIn another telephonic conversation Peter Mukerjea told Rahul that Indrani had spoken to Sheenas boss and the latter told Indrani that on April 25 Sheena informed him that she would be out for a few days and not attend officeIn a subsequent conversation Indrani is heard telling Rahul that Sheena contacted her only because she wanted money and she was interested in one iquestNagpur guy who owned a Bentley carIn another conversation Indrani told Rahul that as per information received from Deven Bharti Sheena was seen at the Mumbai domestic airport at 11am on April 25 2012Referring to this telephone call Rahul told the court that Indrani was trying to convince him that Sheena had left him on her own and Indrani had received emails from Sheena stating that she wanted to end the relationship with RahulOnce during a telephone call Rahul said to her that he was not sure if Sheena was alive any longer and Indrani replied why would he think that she was dead Rahul told the courtMeanwhile Rahul identified the earrings that Sheena was wearing the last time he saw her on April 24 2012Rahul Mukerjeas testimony will continue on SaturdayAs per the Central Bureau of Investigation Indrani disapproved of Sheenas relationship with Rahul She also had financial disputes with Sheena the CBI has saidWith inputs from PTI