Aarushi killed first, Hemraj later: CBI

The CBI team probing the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case is believed to have established that it was Aarushi who was murdered first and then Hemraj and not vice-versa as was being assumed by the investigators till now. This conclusion is based on the viscera reports, the time of death as stated in the post-mortem reports and some fingerprints and palm prints picked up from Aarushi's room, which were also found on the terrace. This particular set of fingerprints have shown some traces of blood on them on the terrace but were found clean in Aarushi's room. "There is a logical connection between the fingerprints found on the terrace of the house and inside the room of Aarushi which explains that this person first entered Aarushi's room and then went upto the terrace," said a senior CBI officer. The CBI has also established that the two murders were executed after full planning and were not a result of an outburst as indicated by the Noida police during their investigations. The police had claimed that Dr Rajesh Talwar returned home around 11:30 pm only to find Aarushi and Hemraj in an "objectionable (but not compromising)" state. This irked him so much that he first took Hemraj to the terrace on some pretext and murdered him there only to kill Aarushi thereafter. The CBI has picked up clues which not only establish that it was Aarushi who was murdered first and then Hemraj but also the fact that both the murders were well-planned and much in advance. The theory that the murders were planned in advance is based on the fact that the computers seized from Dr Rajesh Talwar's house have allegedly revealed that late on May 14 night, 40 sites were searched by a particular login. Most of these sites are associated with various drugs used for sedation, particularly those which do not have toxins in their composition. The person who searched these sites spent more time at these sites than what was spent at sites which featured drugs which had combinations of toxins in their composition.

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Arushi Murder-It's impossible for Rajesh to have killed Aarushi: Wife

After Friday’s dramatic developments in the Aarushi murder case, Saturday saw the families involved swing into damage control mode even as the police stuck to its stand.

Aarushi’s mother, Dr Nupur Talwar, put up a spirited defence of her husband, Dr Rajesh Talwar, describing him as a caring and loving father.

Talwar’s business partner, Dr Anita Durani — who the cops said was having an affair with him — said the allegation was baseless and the cops had not even questioned her.

Guarded by their lawyers, both women mounted a frontal assault on the police case, insisting that the killer was still out there and it would be a miscarriage of justice if Rajesh Talwar was proceeded against.

But even as the two women were protesting, the cops stuck to their guns, saying it was impossible that the parents could peacefully sleep through the entire mayhem on the night of May 15-16.

They also recalled how Talwar had urged them to look for Hemraj without wasting time at their house on the morning when the body was recovered. And they also asked why he was seeking anticipatory bail shortly before he was arrested if he was innocent. The cops will be relying on call details too to build up their case.
But on Saturday, they kept their counsel and refused to be quoted. Apparently, they had been stampeded into making a premature arrest on Friday because Noida SSP Satish Ganesh, was being transferred when the case was yet to be wrapped up. Now there are many loose ends to be tied up and the crime weapons, besides the mobiles of Aarushi and Hemraj, to be recovered.

Without this evidence, the case will be quite weak, point out lawyers and even other cops, and they may suffer serious embarrassment in court.

So, all eyes will be on Talwar’s bail application, which comes up for hearing on Monday. The same day, the cops are expected to apply for his police remand so that they can take him around, get evidence and make their case foolproof.

On Saturday, they seized Talwar’s laptop even as his lawyers filed two applications in court. The first one sought proper medical facilities for Talwar, saying he was asthmatic. His counsel, Avijit Banerjee, said he needed "an oxygen cylinder and a nebulizer as stress can bring about his asthmatic symptoms."

The other application sought bail for him on the ground that "the police neither have (any), nor have presented evidence whatsoever for the arrest".

The haste with which the police addressed a press conference in Noida and Lucknow on Friday was evident from the lack of coordination.

IG (Meerut Zone) Gurdarshan Singh said in Noida that Talwar wanted to kill Aarushi and had hence eliminated would-be witness Hemraj. Meanwhile, Brij Lal, ADG, Law and Order, Crime and Special Task Force, was telling reporters at the same time in Lucknow that the doctor had killed Hemraj and wanted to eliminate Aarushi since she knew he had taken him up to the terrace.

Whatever be the police compulsions, their suggestion that Aarushi was having a relationship with Hemraj — she was said to have been found by her father in an "objectionable", not "compromising", position — has outraged lawyers, women groups and public opinion in general.

While the legal fraternity sees in it a ploy to build up mitigating circustances for Talwar to get a lighter sentence, women groups are condemning the character assassination of a child who is no longer there to defend herself.

Nupur Talwar, in fact, said 45-year-old Hemraj was trusted by the family and had children of his own. With the cops refusing to comment, one can only speculate where the theory of Aarushi having a relationship with Hemraj came from.

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