NetflixNFLX India was all geared as much as launch the documentary sequence The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth on February 23, however the docuseries is not going to see the sunshine of the day earlier than one other week goes by, following a contemporary order from India’s Bombay High Court.

A court docket case filed by the nation’s investigative company Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searching for a keep on the discharge. During the listening to, the bench recommended that the documentary have to be screened for the CBI earlier than it may be permitted to have a digital launch. Netflix has agreed to the suggestion and the discharge has been delayed until February 29. The streaming platform additionally assured {that a} particular screening will probably be organized for CBI officers, and the bench, earlier than February 29.

What is the docuseries about?

Produced by US-based MakeMake and the India Today Group, the documentary has been co-directed by Uraaz Bahl and Shaana Levy. It is a four-part docuseries that explores the advanced features of the Sheena Bora homicide case that drew nationwide media consideration in 2015.

Former Indian media baron Peter Mukerjea and his spouse Indrani Mukerjea are the principle accused in Bora’s homicide case. The sufferer was Indrani Mukerjea’s daughter from her first husband and was by no means seen after April 2012.

As per a press be aware from Netflix, the docuseries presents “either side of the narrative” – the “dysfunctional dynamics of an elite Indian household in addition to the secrets and techniques that unraveled and destroyed lives.” Prime accused within the case, the sufferer’s mom Indrani Mukerjea, alongside along with her son Mikhail Bora, daughter Vidhie Mukerjea, and different members of the family and attorneys, function within the docuseries, the be aware says.

Why is there a court docket case?

The Sheena Bora homicide case is an ongoing investigation that’s but to be accomplished. Several witnesses within the case are but to depose earlier than the court docket. During the listening to of its plea searching for a keep on the documentary’s launch, the CBI stated because the sequence showcases Mukerjea’s viewpoint, and the trial continues to be underway, it may possibly affect the witnesses in addition to the investigation.

The prime accused folks within the case are influential folks within the Indian society. Most media stories in 2015 painted Mukerjea as a heartless girl keen to sacrifice her feelings for the sake of energy and cash. The notion provides to speculations that even when she is the responsible one, she might handle to create a sympathy wave in her favor, if given the prospect. Indian investigative journalist Manish Pachouly in his ebook The Sheena Bora Case (2017), wrote, “Leaving aside the brutality and the meticulous planning that marks this killing, Indrani also managed to keep it under wraps for three long years, making everyone believe that the young and beautiful Sheena had shifted to the US and did not want to be in touch with anyone. Indrani’s dislike for Sheena and her younger brother Mikhail was probably because she treated their birth as no less than a misadventure.”

The CBI

In its case searching for a keep on the discharge of The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth docuseries, the CBI expressed fears that its streaming might impression the continuing trial. According to the authorized information web site LiveLaw, the CBI handed over an extended checklist of witnesses and three out of the entire 5 witnesses that includes within the docuseries have been examined by the CBI. The two different witnesses are but to be examined.

Insisting that the reality is but to be utterly revealed, the company reminded the court docket that solely 89 witnesses have deposed until date and the remainder should achieve this within the court docket, not in a publicly launched documentary. The CBI is searching for a keep on the discharge of the docuseries until the time when the trial involves a conclusion.

Indrani Mukerjea

Interestingly, the documentary Indrani Mukerjea will not be the primary time that Mukerjea and her aspect of the story will get to the general public. She even wrote a ebook that was printed and launched by Harpers Collins India in July 2023. Titled Unbroken The Untold Story Indrani Mukerjea, the ebook is her account of the investigation until the time she was launched on bail in May 2022. Recalling the time she was informed she had been charged with homicide, Mukerjea wrote, “I was shocked. I was someone who had never been given a parking ticket in my life. And here I was, being accused and framed for a heinous crime.” The ebook continues to be out there in bookstores, in addition to digital shops similar to Kindle.

Netflix India

When approached, Netflix India refused any official touch upon the delay, however sources claimed that the docuseries doesn’t comprise any data or claims that’s not already in public area.

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