IANS/Kolkata

Siddharth Das, who had a live-in relationship with media honcho Indrani Mukherjea arrested for murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, yesterday claimed to be the biological father of the victim and her brother Mikhail Bora.
Das, who now lives in Dum Dum on the outskirts of Kolkata, admitted that he never married Indrani and said the “ambitious woman” dumped him and his children as he was not “well off”.
Though he found it hard to believe that a mother could murder her own child, Das said Indrani should be “hanged” if she really committed the crime.
He said he met Indrani in Shillong through common friends in 1986, and was in a live-in relationship with her till 1989 when she left.
“We did not marry, she was in a college in Shillong and lived in the city. Through common friends we came to know each other. Then we had a live-in relationship and I stayed at her residence. Her parents accepted our relationship.
“Sheena was born in 1987 and Mikhail in 1988. Sometime later after our son’s birth, she dumped me,” said Das who later moved to Arunachal Pradesh and subsequently settled in Kolkata in 1998.
Describing Indrani as “highly ambitious”, Das said she left him as he could not afford the high life she yearned for.
Das said he last spoke to Sheena when she was in class 10.
“I never interacted with Mikhail. I was settled in Kolkata, happily married, so I didn’t want to rake up the past,” he said.
Das, who came to know about the case through the media, said he wanted the murderers to be punished and offered help in the investigations.
“I am heartbroken, upset. I want all those involved to be punished. I am ready to co-operate with the investigation. I have nothing to hide so I am more than willing to help the police,” he said.
Asked if he believed Indrani could have committed the crime, Das said: “It feels strange to believe that a mother can kill her child...But there is a possibility a person driven by greed for money can do anything. If she has done it then she should be hanged.”