Accused's wife Varsha has demanded capital punishment for her husband.
As the court delivers its verdict on Thursday on the conviction of the Talwars in 2008 double murder case in Noida, here's a timeline in the case.
Konkona Sen Sharma and Sohum Shah play Aarushi's parents, while Tabu plays Aarushi's aunt. Irrfan Khan plays the officer investigating the case.
Aarushi's parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will undergo a narco-analysis test on Thursday at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar.
The senior scientist, B P Mahaptra of Central Forensic Science laboratory, told the court that besides the partial male DNA, blood stains were found on the pillow that matched Aarushi's group.
In a major setback to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the designated CBI court on Friday granted bail to Rajkumar and Krishna, the accused in the Noida double murder case.Aarushi Talwar and her servant Hemraj were killed on the intervening night of May 15-16. The case was transferred to the CBI on May 31.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Rajkumar, domestic help of the Durranis, in connection with the Aarushi Talwar murder case. The Durranis are family friends of the Talwars.He was arrested after the forensic examination of a washed T-shirt belonging to Rajkumar revealed that it had blood of human origin.The CBI has already arrested Aarushi's father Dr Rajesh Talwar and his compounder Krishna for the murder of Aarushi and their servant Hemraj.
On Sunday, the CBI subjected both Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar (parents of Aarushi) to a polygraph test in order to ascertain whether the statements given by the duo are corroborating or not. CBI sources told rediff.com that, if need be, they may subject Dr Talwar to a narco analysis test. He may have to be brought down to Bangalore in case they decide to go ahead with the test.
'It is requested that photographs relating to the scene of crime relating to the first two days coverage till the discovery of the dead body of (domestic help) Hemraj taken by your photographers may be provided urgently to us,' an official communique from the CBI to photo editors said. The move comes four days after the CBI had approached the television news channels for providing the 'unedited' and 'raw' footage of the case.
Doctor Rajesh Talwar, accused of murdering his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was on Friday remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. The Noida police claimed to have cracked the case base on Dr Talwar's confession after they confronted him with questions based on information gathered from a 14-year-old friend of Aarushi.
Noida police personnel are under fire from Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury for the 'insensitive handling' of the Arushi Talwar murder case. "We take strong objection to the language that has been used to describe the murder," she told reporters. "I have strong reservations about Aarushi's character assassination. The police need to be sensitised." The Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also objected to the stigmatisation of the minor.
In a startling relevation, Krishna, the compounder at Dr Rajesh Talwar's clinic who underwent a narco-analysis test in Bangalore on Thursday, said a second person was involved in the murders of the latter's daughter Aarushi and the servant Hemraj, but he was not forthcoming when questioned as to who it was
The HC said that it is a fit case where benefit of doubt can be given to the appellants.
Circumstantial evidence points to the involvement of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the death of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a local court on Tuesday.
A lawyer representing the three domestic helps, who were arrested and later let off in the Aarushi murder case, made a fresh demand for security from Uttar Pradesh authorities claiming his life was under threat. Naresh Yadav, the counsel for Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal said that he was provided state security cover after the attack on Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar but it was withdrawn within 15 days.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of thirteen-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family''s domestic help Hemraj has still not yielded fruitful results. Several questions still remain unanswered as Aarushi''s phone that was recovered recently has provided no further clue.
The three domestic helps, who were earlier suspected to be involved in the murder of Aarushi Talwar but later found innocent, are planning to sue the Central Bureau of Investigation for falsely implicating them in the case.
Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead inside her room in the Talwars' Noida residence with her throat slit in May 2008.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday told the special court hearing the Aarushi case that the scene of crime was "completely dressed up" and the teenage girl's body was tampered with by dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on the night of crime.
A forensic expert, deposing in the twin Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, on Tuesday told a court that blood stains with female DNA were found on the teenager's parents' clothes.
The CBI team under Kumar had concluded that Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered by Krishna Thadarai- help at Talwar's clinic, his friend Rajkumar-- a domestic servant with Praful and Anita Durrani who were Talwars' friends, and Vijay Mandal, driver of Talwars' neighbour.
A Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday reserved for November 25 the verdict in the sensational 2008 double murder case of teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in which her parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are accused.
A special court in Ghaziabad on Friday posted January 21 as the next date of hearing on the Central Bureau of Investigation's December 29, 2010 closure report in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.
With the Uttar Pradesh police under fire for having allegedly botched up investigations into the murder of Aarushi and the Talwar family's domestic help Hemraj, three senior police officials who were involved in the probe were shunted out with immediate effect.
Friends and schoolmates of the slain teenager Aarushi Talwar took out a candlelight march on Tuesday, accusing the police of maligning the image of the girl and also attacking the media for sensationalising the issue.
The court said the theory was based on the hypothesis that the Noida Police would not be able to find the body on the terrace on May 16, 2008 when Aarushi was found dead in her room.
54-year-old Talwar, who had gone to the court to file a petition demanding a fresh probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, was rushed to a hospital by his lawyers, eyewitnesses said.
The parents of Aarushi Talwar, who was killed nearly two-and-a-half years ago, moved a plea before the special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday asking for documents that the agency has filed along with its closure report.
Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday met Central Bureau of Investigation's Director A P Singh to discuss the possibilities of making 'further progress' in the Aarushi Talwar murder case, two days after the agency filed a closure report in a Ghaziabad court. "I had invited the CBI director for a thorough discussion on the Aarushi Talwar murder case. The question is whether it is a fit case for closure or can further progress be made," said Moily after Refusing
A day after the Delhi Police's crime branch reportedly traced murdered teen Aarushi Talwar's mobile phone, her parents on Tuesday said its recovery provides a ray of hope for bringing the murderers to justice.
A senior police official, who had visited Dr Rajesh Talwar's house after the murder of teenaged girl Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Wednesday deposed before a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ghaziabad.
Four years after teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were found murdered, the trial against accused dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar began in Delhi on Friday.
Murdered schoolgirl Aarushi Talwar's mother, Nupur is likely to be arrested on Wednesday evening. A Central Bureau of Investigation team has reached her residence following the non-bailable arrest warrant against her on Wednesday for skipping the court hearing on the case.
"Did you get any summons? Do you know what court summons are?" demanded the defence counsel at a Ghaziabad court at the start of the cross examination of Bharti Mandal, the part-time maid of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, in the Aarushi Hemraj double murder case on Tuesday afternoon.
A local court in Ghaziabad on Monday deferred to June 8 the hearing of Aarushi-Hemraj murder case as the local bar association struck work after a lawyer's death.
In a major breakthrough in the Aarushi murder case, the Delhi police today claimed to have recovered mobile phone of the teenaged girl, a move which the family termed as a "ray of hope" even as the CBI refused to comment on the development.
Sushmita Sen revealed her inspiration behind how she channelled her emotions into portraying Aarya Sareen in the popular Web series, Aarya Antim Vaar.
Already facing flak for its investigations in the Aarushi double murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation has quietly conducted a narco-analysis and brain mapping tests on the parents of the 14-year-old girl recently, a scientific procedure to which it was opposed in July last year.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday opposed the bail application of Rajkumar, an accused in the sensational Noida double murder case, saying investigations against him were continuing.The bail application of another accused Krishna, compounder of Dr Rajesh Talwar, father of slain teenager Aarushi, was also moved in the designated CBI court by his counsel R K Anand and F C Sharma.The arguments on this application would be heard in the afternoon.
The move by the agency came months after Hemraj's wife had in December last year approached the top court against the Allahabad high court verdict of October 12 last year acquitting the couple.
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