A CBI official on Tuesday told the court hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case that there were indications that the teenager may have been killed by her parents Nupur and Rajesh Talwar.
Investigation Officer I G L Kaul appeared before the CBI Special Judge S Lal and said no signs were visible to suggest that an outsider entered the Talwars’ residence, where the murders took place.
Kaul said several indicators, such as dragging of Hemraj’s body to the terrace, covering it with cooler panel, locking of Aarushi’s bedroom door from outside and dressing up of the crime scene showed that only Rajesh and Nupur have killed Aarushi and Hemraj but there was no sufficient evidence against them.
Expressing his suspicion over the Talwars’ involvement, Kaul said though there were three employees present inside the house on the night, the helps did not appear to have anything to do with the murders.
Aarushi, 14, was found murdered at her residence at Jalvayu Vihar in Noida on the outskirts of Delhi on the intervening night of May 15-16, 2008. Initially, the needle of suspicion pointed to Hemraj, Talwars’ help, whose body was found the next day on the terrace. The Talwars’, who were arrested by the CBI, are now out on bail.
Kaul, who appeared in court as the 39th witness out of the 141 witnesses cited by the agency, said there was no direct evidence against the Talwars due to which the agency had to submit a closure report.
The magistrate had rejected the closure report and directed the Talwars to face trial.
After the official’s testimony, the defence told the court that they would cross-examine him on Wednesday.