Indrani Mukerjea

Indrani Mukerjea is an Indian-born British former HR consultant and media executive.

She was the wife of Peter Mukerjea, a retired Indian television executive.

While as per records she is born in the year 1972 however as per Siddhartha Das, former husband of Indrani Mukherjee her real age should be more than 7 years than what is stated in the records.

After completing school there, she moved to Shillong to pursue higher education at Lady Keane College.

In 1986 she met Siddhartha Das with whom she had a daughter, Sheena, in February 1987 and a son, Mikhail, in September 1988.

In 1990 Indrani left the children under the care of her parents in Guwahati and moved to Kolkata.

There she studied computers and stayed as a paying guest.

A few months after her move to Kolkata, she met Sanjeev Khanna.

They got married in 1993 and had a daughter named Vidhie in 1997.

In 1996 Indrani founded INX Services Private Limited as a recruitment company in Kolkata.

In 2001 they moved to Mumbai.

In 2001 Indrani moved to Mumbai, where her recruitment firm considered Reliance Industries as her most important client.

The firm also handled recruitment for STAR India.

In 2002, Indrani met Peter Mukerjea and moved in with him while awaiting her divorce from Sanjeev Khanna.

In November 2002, Indrani married Peter Mukerjea.

After this marriage Vidhie Khanna moved in with the Mukerjeas and took the Mukerjea name.

In 2005 Indrani introduced her children, Sheena Bora and Mikhail Bora, to Peter as her younger siblings.

In 2005, the firm formed a partnership with Switzerland-based global executive search specialist, IMD International Search Group, which appointed Indrani as its regional director, Asia Pacific.

In 2006 Sheena Bora also moved in with the Mukerjeas.

In December 2006 Peter and Indrani Mukerjea became promoters of the INX Group, which consisted of human resources companies INX Services and INX Executive Search, and media companies INX Media and INX News.

Indrani was appointed chairperson of INX Group.

Peter and Indrani Mukerjea held a 50% stake in INX Media.

The other half was held by private equity firms for a total funding of $170 million (₹750 crore according to the exchange rate at the time).

INX News was incorporated on 22 December 2006 with an authorized capital of ₹7.5 crore (75 million) divided into ₹75 lakh (7.5 million) shares of ₹10 each.

INX Media took a 26% stake in INX News since Government of India regulations did not permit foreign direct investment in Indian news media beyond that limit at that time.

IM Media, a corporate entity claimed to be 99% owned by Indrani Mukerjea through her holding company Indrani Incon Pvt Ltd., held the majority 51% stake in INX News.

Indrani Mukerjea personally held a 17% stake.

Peter Mukerjea, a foreign national, could not claim ownership in INX News.

In 2007, she co-founded INX Media with her ex-husband, where she took on the role of CEO.

In March 2007 Vir Sanghvi, hired as CEO of INX News, was given a 16% stake as sweat equity.

Peter Mukerjea, bound by a non-compete clause from his previous employer, became chairman of the human resources company INX Services Private Limited in January 2007.

In August 2007, Peter joined INX Media as chairman and chief strategy officer.

In November 2007 Indrani became the CEO of INX Media.

In 2009, she resigned from the company and later sold her stake in it.

After April 2012, Sheena was not seen again.

Around 2012 Indrani acquired United Kingdom citizenship based on marriage to Peter Mukerjea, himself a United Kingdom citizen.

From 2012 until 2015, the Mukerjeas divided their time between residences in Worli, Mumbai, Bristol, UK and Marbella, Spain.

In August 2015, she was arrested by Mumbai Police and charged as the main accused in the alleged murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora.

Indrani Mukerjea was born in Guwahati, Assam into a Assamese family to Upendra Kumar Bora and Durga Rani Bora.

She was named Pori Bora at birth and spent her childhood in Guwahati.