The forensic expert who had analysed purported remains of murder-victim Sheena Bora denied the defence's charge on Tuesday that he fabricated the DNA report linking prime accused Indrani Mukerjea to the evidence.
The deposition of Shrikant Lade, assistant director, Forensic Science Laboratory, before special CBI Judge J C Jagdale was over on Tuesday.
Lade had earlier told the court that DNA analysis of Indrani's blood sample and that of a left femur bone found in the remains established that Indrani was the biological mother of the deceased.
Towards the end of his cross-examination, a defence lawyer suggested that as the investigators couldn't get "interpretable DNA", Lade was under pressure from the police to prepare a false report to show a match with Indrani's DNA profile.
To which Lade replied, "I do not agree."
Besides Indrani, he had also examined DNA profiles of Indrani's son (and Sheena's brother) Mikhail Bora and accused-turned approver Shayamvar Rai.
According to the CBI, Sheena (24) was killed by her mother Indrani, a former media executive, with the help of two others in April 2012 over financial and family disputes.
Her body was burnt in a jungle in neighbouring Raigad.
Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai were arrested in 2015. Her then husband and former media baron Peter Mukerjea was also arrested later for allegedly being part of the conspiracy.
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