A day after Indrani Mukerjea was arrested for the murder of Sheena Bora in 2012, her husband Peter Mukherjea has said that he has been reported as saying that he “is in a state of shock.”

A day after Indrani Mukerjea was arrested for the murder of Sheena Bora in 2012, her husband Peter Mukherjea has said that he has been reported as saying that he “is in a state of shock.”

Initially, reports had said that Sheena was the sister of Indrani. However, subsequent reports had said that she was Indrani’s daughter. Reacting to the revelations, Peter had said to CNN-IBN that he had no clue about this fact. He further said that Sheena and her son were introduced to him as Indrani as her siblings. He added that the revelations are shocking to him.

Peter claimed that Sheena had an affair with his younger son and that Indrani did not approve of their relationship. He said that he did not know about the conversations between Sheena and Indrani used to be in Assamese, and so he did not understand them.

"When she disappeared in 2012, I was told that she was studying in the US. I asked Indrani and she showed me pictures of Sheena at a Diwali function there," Mukherjea said.

Admitting that he was completely stumped by the police action of nabbing Indrani Mukherjea, he said: "I am dumbstruck by this level of criminality..."

After her arrest, a court has remanded Indrani to police custody till August 31, a Hindustan Times report said. Her driver, a 43-year old man named Shyam Rai, too has been placed under custody.

Indrani’s role in the murder came to light after the police arrested the driver in a matter involving an unidentified pistol. A senior police official was quoted by the Indian Express as saying that the driver, during his interrogation, admitted to his involvement in the murder.

With inputs from IANS