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Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria promoted amid Sheena murder investigation

| | Sep 08, 2015, at 07:35 pm
Mumbai, Sept 8 (IBNS) Amid the ongoing investigation into the sensational Sheena Bora murder case Mumbai Police chief Rakesh Maria has been replaced, though with a promotion as Director General of Home Guards, Maharashtra, reports said.

Ahmed Javed will now take over as Commissioner of Police.

 
Maria has been personally handling the Sheena murder case which recorded a significant development with the DNA sample of Indrani Mukerjea, the prime suspect, matching that of Sheena to prove that they were they were really mother and daughters.

 Maria, 58, has spent long hours extensively interrogating former media executive Indrani Mukerjea and those linked to her for the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012. 
 
Those questioned include  Indrani Mukerjea's  ex-husband Sanjiv Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai - both were arrested two weeks ago - and her current husband Peter Mukerjea.
 
Maria regularly briefed media on important developments of the probe.
#Rakesh Maria # Sheena murder # Sheena Bora murder case # Mumbai Police # Sheena Bora

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