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Sheena Bora case: 'Follow the money trail'

Last updated on: August 28, 2015 20:37 IST

'The Mumbai police should study the bank accounts and flow of money in and out of the accused's bank accounts.' Indrani Roy/Rediff.com reports from Kolkata.

The Sheena Bora murder case gets murkier with each passing day.

Sheena's younger brother Mikhail has been flown to Mumbai on Friday, August 28, for interrogation, the Mumbai police hope to make a breakthrough in the case soon.

A senior police officer at Kolkata's Hastings police station shared some of his observations on the case during an informal chat with Indrani Roy/Rediff.com

The police arrested Sanjeev Khanna, Indrani Mukherjea's former husband, from a friend's home on August 26.

Khanna, who is accused of being present in the car when Sheena was allegedly murdered in April 2012, was flown to Mumbai on Thursday, August 27, for interrogation.

"The police need to find answers to some intriguing questions," the police officer at the Hastings police station, who spoke on condition that he would not be identified by name for this report, said. "Each answer will reveal an interesting angle of the murder case."

Some questions in the police officer's opinion:

The Hastings police station officer felt the key to the murder mystery may lie in the money trail.

"The Mumbai police should study the bank accounts and flow of money in and out of the accused's bank accounts," he said. "The money trail, I think, is sure to lead to the whole pattern of the murder conspiracy."

Indrani Roy in Kolkata