India, Dec. 2 -- A special CBI court in Mumbai has partly allowed the agency's application to re-examine former investigating officer Nitin Alankure in the Sheena Bora murder case, seven years after his chief examination was recorded and after 143 witnesses have been examined so far. The order was passed on November 28 by special judge Dr J P Darekar.

Alankure, examined as a prosecution witness in 2018, had deposed on the seizure of two passports of Sheena Bora, a mobile handset recovered from witness Rahul Mukerjea, and the preparation of CDs containing extracted phone data. His chief examination was closed the same year, and the witness was later summoned only for cross-examination.

The CBI sought to reopen the chief examination, argu...