The lives of almost all the central characters in the Sheena Bora murder case have been examined threadbare by the CBI. But one person – the murdered girl’s ‘brother’ Mikhail Bora – appears to have escaped the investigating agency’s scanner.
The Quint has dug up Mikhail’s emails to his mother Indrani Mukerjea, from 2012 through to 2015. They paint a very different picture.
Mikhail projected himself as Indrani Mukerjea’s second target after Sheena, soon after his mother’s arrest on 25 August 2015. He squarely blamed her for murdering his ‘sister’. But Mikhail may, after all, not be as innocent as he was made out to be to a frenzied media covering the sensational murder case.
A Loving Son
Let us begin with the emails Mikhail wrote to Indrani in April 2012, less than two weeks before Sheena was murdered.
Monday, April 9, 2012, 11 pm: “Hi Mom 08486093147 this is my new local number. Gudnight TC love you Xx.”
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 6 pm: “Hi Mom, I received a call from Shyam stating that Agnes is coming to India to short (sic) out my Gurgaon property matter and he also me he will deposit the amount for the ticket so that I can down to Delhi on monday. so please confirm before I proceed. Love you loads. Xx.”
The tone of the emails did not change even in May, over a month after Sheena went missing.
Monday, May 28, 2012: “Hi Mom, how are you. Finally I got Aria, I am Soooooo Happy. Love you loads Xx.”
No Concern for Missing Sheena
Mikhail wrote several other emails to Indrani demanding more money, providing different excuses. Between July and August 2012, Mikhail happily agreed to coordinate with Indrani over emails to help send Sheena’s rent lease cancellation letter to the girl’s landlord.
But there is not a word of concern related to Sheena’s disappearance, or the effort to seek an explanation from Indrani about his ‘sister’s’ whereabouts.
Melanie (wife of Sheena’s landlord) is now asking me that she wants to speak to Sheena as Cops are inquiring on that part. Please check with them XX.Mikhail Bora’s reply to an email Indrani wrote Mikhail on 7 August 2012
Before the murder, Mikhail’s air tickets – regardless of his destinations (Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati) – would be purchased by Indrani through her private secretary Kajal Sharma, who enrolled the services of Mystic Travels.
Mikhail reached Mumbai on 24 April 2012, after Indrani allegedly told him to. But there is no information about who booked Mikhail’s ticket to Mumbai, at what time he landed, and how he managed to get an air ticket at the airport counter to fly back to Guwahati on the morning of 25 April 2012.
From Affection to Abuse: Mikhail’s Threats to Indrani
Three years after the murder, Mikhail’s sweetness towards Indrani (reflected in the emails of April 2012) had disappeared and was replaced with hatred, scorn and ominous warnings and threats.
In an email to Indrani dated 22 April 2015, at 12:06 am, Mikhail writes:
Stop being a bitch u will get old tooo god is watching u will hv ur plate to serve….fear dat money can’t keep u young u will be old helpless ur fantasy will be ruined…. U will come begging to me nd dats destiny BEWARE UR FUTURE IS NEAR u cant escape hope you understand and nw befr its toooo late Nd soon u hv to answer a lot be ready ur power ur money wnt help be ready.
The same day, at 12:39 am, Mikhail wrote again to Indrani:
Ur my mom u gv birth to md (me) but today I say u r bitch hv married trice (sic) will see on dat….ur end is near nd one mire (more) thing i have u a lot nd the world wil knw ur secret soon 2….ur in media business lets use media.
It appears that Mikhail knew the “secret”. And four months later, on 25 August, Indrani was arrested by the Mumbai Police.
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