The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation as to how it suddenly woke up to detect fresh evidence against dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar after claiming there was no evidence against them in the murder case of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
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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.
A day before a special court decides on the Central Bureau of Investigation closure report in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, mother of the slain teenager Nupur Talwar on Tuesday accused the investigating agency of "unleasing mob" on her family.
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The court may fix another date post-lunch to decide on the case in which the CBI has filed a report to end the investigation after a probe lasting two-and-a-half years on grounds of insufficient evidence.
In the wake of "public sentiment" in the Aarushi Talwar murder case, the Law Ministry has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to have a fresh look at the closure report in the teenager's death probe, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday.
In a new twist in the sensational Aarushi murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation has said that dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur tried to influence the doctor who conducted the post mortem on their 14-year-old daughter in 2008.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation is collecting DNA samples of all persons associated with the postmortem of teenager Aarushi Talwar, whose murder had hogged national focus, to find the identity of the woman whose vaginal swab was sent to CBI for forensic tests.
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.
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In further progress of the probe into the serial killings case, the two persons arrested for alleged murder of a 16-year-old girl, have confessed to killing two more women and burning their bodies to destroy evidence, a senior police official said on Saturday. Chandrakant Talwar and Sayron Rodrigues were arrested by Goa Crime Branch in Mumbai on Friday for allegedly killing Evita Rodrigues.
"The CBI has again decided that they wish to put us through narco tests. The agency claims it is in the interest of justice for Aarushi that we have to undergo this and help in getting her culprit caught," Aarushi's mother said.
In a major breakthrough in the serial killings case, the Goa Police arrested two persons who fled to Mumbai for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old girl and later burning her body.
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Facing criticism for illegally detaining Krishna, the compounder of dentist Rajesh Talwar, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday justified the narco-analysis on him in the Aarushi murder case saying it was done to ascertain contradictions, if any, in his statements. given to the CBI and the Noida police.
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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.
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.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has finally managed to crack the Noida murder case. Although the CBI has received vital information through the scientific tests conducted on the various suspects, the agency will take some time to put together the evidence and submit it for the trial.The CBI was hoping for a breakthrough during the tests conducted on Rajkumar. However, the Brain Electronic Oscillation Signature tests conducted on him failed.
Krishna, an accused in the Noida double murder case, was on Saturday remanded by a Ghaziabad court to Central Bureau of Investigation's custody for three days, to facilitate his interrogation. The accused, who was working as compounder with Dr Rajesh Talwar and was arrested by the Noida police for the murder of his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was placed under arrest by the CBI on Friday after a series of scientific tests.
It is official now. Krishna, the compounder of Dr Rajesh Talwar, has been made a prime accused in the Aarushi murder case.
During the scientific tests that lasted the entire day, various theories regarding the case came up. While some maintained that the CBI had not made any breakthrough in the case, some investigating officers said they will be able to corroborate the evidence based on the questioning done on Wednesday and the scientific tests conducted on Thursday.
