Overview

• Prosecution witness Sanjana Phukan told the court that Indrani Mukerjea opposed Sheena’s relationship with Rahul Mukerjea and that mother and daughter did not share a cordial relationship.
• Phukan testified that Sheena wrote she was fed up with the problems in her life and wanted to take sanyas, reflecting ongoing personal turmoil.
• She said she last spoke to Sheena on April 15, 2012, and later received a text on April 24 or 25 from Sheena’s phone about breaking up with Rahul, changing her number and going off social media, after which calls went unanswered.
• The witness recounted that Rahul told her he had dropped Sheena in Bandra to meet Indrani for shopping related to an engagement and that his attempts to lodge a complaint were not accepted.
• Emails between Phukan and Sheena were shown in court as part of the CBI chargesheet, while the defense challenged their admissibility under the electronic evidence certification rules.