Peter Mukerjea in police custody (File Photo)

MUMBAI: They face a murder trial together, their lodging is a jail cell, in separate prisons, and now, former power couple Peter and Indrani Mukerjea plan to go their separate ways in their lives too.

On Monday, over a month after she sent him a notice, Peter Mukerjea , 64, a former electronic media honcho, consented to divorce his wife, 16 years his junior. Indrani, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case , had sent him a notice for an amicable end to their 16-year-old marriage, his second and believed to be her third.

Indrani's lawyer Edith Dey informed the court of Peter's "two-line" reply where he expressed his readiness to apply jointly for a divorce following an agreement over their financial distribution. Indrani's notice said theirs was a "love marriage" but one that had "irretrievably broken down." It asked Peter to agree to a mutual consent divorce by complying with the financial settlement already drawn up. The settlement plan is to divide properties and assets, including properties in Spain and London, and bank fixed deposits and other substantial investments in domestic and foreign banks.

It is learnt that both sides have agreed to who gets what. They will file for a divorce by mutual consent before the family court in Bandra after ironing out any differences in the settlement.

