Dr Rajesh Talwar, who walked free after spending 50 agonising days in prison in connection with the Noida double murder case, on Saturday said the family's stand "has now been vindicated". "I was in a lot of grief. I thank God and the CBI as what my family has been saying all along now stands vindicated," a tired looking Talwar told reporters.
Patrick French, who profiled Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and the case against them in his book India, A Portrait, speaks to Rediff.com about their acquittal.
The family said they were thankful to God for the verdict.
Rajesh Talwar, arrested in connection with the twin murders of his daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, was released from jail on Saturday. Talwar was granted bail on Friday by a CBI court.
The dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Friday dismissed Central Bureau of Investigation's allegations in the closure report in their daughter Aarushi murder case that they have tried to influence the doctor who conducted the postmortem, saying they have been "absolutely concocted".
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, facing charges of murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008, got a reprieve on Saturday as the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings against them in a trial court in connection with the case.
Nupur, who is in judicial custody, filed a fresh plea for bail in the pending petition before the apex court in which she has sought review of its decision giving a go ahead to criminal prosecution against her and her dentist husband Rajesh Talwar.
Special Judge A K Lal ordered Nupur Talwar's release in pursuance of a Supreme Court's order, which had granted her bail on September 17, stipulating that she should be released by today, September 25.
The fruitless pursuit, which tore the Talwars' lives and reputations to shreds, means that Aarushi's killers have not only got away but may never be found, says Sunil Sethi.
In a setback to dentist Nupur Talwar, facing trial in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi, the Allahabad high court on Monday suspended its last month order asking a CBI court at Ghaziabad to "expeditiously" decide any bail application moved by her.
Film folk were quite busy over the long three-day weekend, going to parties and movie screenings.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told a special court in Ghaziabad that Rajesh and Nupur Talwar killed their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in a fit of rage after finding them in a compromising position, a claim strongly refuted by the dentist couple.
The Allahabad high court on Monday denied bail to Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar, who have been awarded life sentences by a Central Bureau of Investigation court for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, but ordered speedy hearing on their pleas against the conviction.
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.
'Sabra ka phal meetha nahi, Mirzapur 3 hota hai.' 'With Mirzapur 3, we take the narrative to a whole new level.'
Dentist Rajesh Talwar claimed in the court that he was asleep on the fateful night when his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered and internet activity recorded from his room might not be correct.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday conducted a polygraph test on Rajesh Talwar, prime accused and father of the victim Aarushi, even as the probe agency was trying hard to find out the weapon used in the crime and the apparel of the dentist's compounder.
Dentist Rajesh Talwar, main accused in his daughter Aarushi's murder case, was brought to Hardwar by the Noida police on Friday in a bid to collect more evidence, ahead of a court hearing on his remand. Talwar, whose whereabouts were kept secret during his three-day remand, was taken to this temple-town this morning as he and his family had come to Hardwar a day after his daughter Aarushi's murder, to perform the last rites.
There is no evidence against Rajesh Talwar in the Aarushi case, the CBI has said.
The Supreme Court on Monday has come down hard on Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for asking14 witnesses to record their statements before a trial court in connection with the murder of their daughter Aarushi.
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.
After a month of painstaking investigations in the Aarushi double murder case, the CBI appears to be veering around the view that the father of the teenage victim and an accused Dr Rajesh Talwar may be innocent.
The Allahabad high court on Tuesday rejected a petition of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking examination of 14 more witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea of dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, accused of killing their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, for calling 14 witnesses to record their statements in the trial court.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday opposed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwars' plea for providing them the original records of the fingerprints of their slain teenaged daughter Aarushi and those found on various articles on crime scene, where she was found murdered.
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.
Dentist Nupur Talwar, mother of murdered teenager Aarushi, has expressed her desire to adopt the daughter of a fellow inmate of the Dasna jail, where she is currently lodged. Talwar, who is lodged in Barrack 13 at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad since April 30 in connection with the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, has asked for permission from Dasna Jail Superintendent Dr Virash Raj Sharma to adopt a little girl named Ravina Khan, who is also lodged in jail with her mother Sakina.
A single-judge bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi turned down the application of Talwar who had moved the high court after her plea for bail was rejected by a special CBI court at Ghaziabad earlier this month.
A day after their conviction, parents of slain Aarushi Talwar were on Wednesday assigned new roles by the Jail authorities, which alloted dentist Rajesh Talwar the responsibility of assisting prison's medical team while his wife Nupur will don the hat of a teacher.
The Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Ghaziabad on Monday pronounced dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.
A special court on Tuesday declined to hear the bail application of Rajesh Talwar, key accused in the Noida twin murder case, on the ground that it was not empowered to take up the plea.Special Magistrate for Central Bureau of Investigation's cases Sapna Mishra observed that the sessions court was competent to take up the bail matter of Talwar, who is at present in judicial custody.Counsel for Talwar Satish Tamta said that the defence will move the Sessions Court soon.
The wife and brother of dentist Rajesh Talwar, accused of killing his daughter Arushi,visited him on Sunday at the Dasna jail in Noida.After visiting his brother along with his sister-in-law Nupur, Dinesh Talwar said the family believed Rajesh to be 100 per cent innocent.
Pankaj Tripathi anchored the first two seasons with his performance. Here, he is made to sit it out for most of the show, and none of the actors, except for a fiery Ali Fazal, have the charisma to hold the viewer's attention, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The Noida police had on May 23 arrested Dr Talwar for allegedly murdering his 14-year-old daughter, Aarushi, and Hemraj. According to cops, the doctor committed the crime because the duo knew about his extra-marital affair and the two victims themselves shared a close relationship.
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea of dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, accused of killing their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, for calling 14 witnesses to record their statements in the trial court.
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday adjourned till Friday the hearing on a petition moved by parents of Aarushi Talwar challenging a Central Bureau of Investigation court order making them accused in the murder of their teenaged daughter and domestic help, Hemraj, three years ago.
Heated exchanges between the counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation and those appearing for parents of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar took place in a special court in Ghaziabad on Friday after the agency protested their plea for copies of documents submitted by it along with the closure report.
"No concrete evidence could be collected even after conducting the narco-test of the Talwar couple that could help in further investigations in the case. The test was conducted to find out if Nupur Talwar or Rajesh Talwar knew anything about the case, but they knew nothing different," a forensic scientist with the Gujarat Forensic Sciences Laboratory said.
Jailed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will "not allow" any film or book on the murder of their daughter Aarushi and anyone taking up such a venture without their consent will face legal action, their lawyer said on Sunday.
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