Nupur Talwar subjected to lie detection test

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (New Delhi) -MICS - India

As the probe into the Noida double murder is yet to achieve any breakthrough, the CBI on Wednesday subjected Nupur Talwar, the mother of slain teenager Aarushi, to a lie detection test to corroborate certain leads acquired by the investigating agency.

Nupur, accompanied by family members, arrived at the CBI headquarters in Delhi to undergo the test in which investigators asked her questions pertaining to the murder of Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj, sources said.

The CBI officials also asked Nupur certain questions related to her husband Rajesh, prime accused in the case, and their compounder Krishna, another accused.

The investigators continued its interrogation of Krishna, presently under its custody. However, the agency is yet to make any breakthrough into the sensational double murder.

The discrepancies in Krishna's statements to the CBI is giving rise to the suspicion that either he was the person who allegedly carried out the gruesome murders or was actively part of the criminal conspiracy hatched to carry out the killing.

A 'Khukri', seized from Krishna's house, has been sent for forensic examination to find out whether it was used in the murders.

Meanwhile, the bail application of the dentist, presently lodged at Dasna jail, will come up for hearing on Thursday before the Ghaziabad District and Sessions Judge

Dr Talwar still a suspect, loses bail plea

Thursday, June 26, 2008 (New Delhi) MICS - India

Rajesh Talwar, an accused in the Noida double murder case, will continue to remain in jail as a Sessions Court on Thursday rejected his bail application after CBI claimed that it had reasonable grounds to suspect his involvement.

Rejecting the bail application, District and Sessions Judge Narender Kumar Jain said Talwar would continue to be in the judicial custody. He was arrested on May 23 by Noida Police for allegedly murdering his 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

NDTV adds: In the order, Sessions Judge Narendra Kumar Jain observed, ''The most astonishing fact is that the deceased Aarushi was found murdered in a room, the keys of which were with the present accused and his wife. The deceased had gone to her room at around 11:45 pm and closed the door. Under the above circumstances, there are reasonable grounds about the involvement of the accused in the offence, only for the purpose of bail matter.''

The case was later transferred to CBI which carried out a custodial interrogation of Talwar, a dentist by profession.

Arguing on behalf of Talwar, his counsel Satish Tamta stated before the court that nothing incriminating was found against his client by the CBI, which continued to remain inconsistent about his involvement in the case.

Countering the bail application, CBI counsel A K Saini, while maintaining it continued to be a blind murder case, contended that there was reasonable ground to believe that Talwar was involved in the crime.

Earlier, Talwar's counsel said there is no evidence with the CBI against him till date, except for a statement taken by the CBI officials under 161 Criminal Procedure Code whereby he would be helping the probe agency in finding out the evidence in the crime.

Tamta pointed out that the statement given before the investigators was not admissible in law.

While making it clear that Talwar would continue to cooperate in the case, the defence lawyer even highlighted the Talwar family's service in the field of medicine and said he was from an illustrious family and would work along with the CBI in finding out the culprit besides joining any further scientific tests suggested by the probe agency.

Krishna taken to Talwar residence by CBI

Friday, June 27, 2008 (New Delhi)- MICS - India

The suspense over Aarushi-Hemraj murder case does not seem to end.

The CBI has taken two suspects Krishna and Rajkumar to the Talwar's house on Friday morning.

Krishna was the receptionist at Dr Rajesh Talwar's clinic. Rajkumar is working as a domestic help with the Durranis, friends of the Talwar family.

Krishna will be in court later as his CBI remand comes to an end on Friday. The last time Krishna was produced in court, the CBI said that Krishna had confessed to his involvement, which has been denied by the family.

They say he was with them at home on the night of the murders. On Thursday, key suspect Dr Talwar's bail plea was rejected by the CBI court

No evidence against Krishna, says lawyer

GHAZIABAD: On a day when Krishan, the main accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, broke down in a Ghaziabad court, his counsel F C Sharma told the court that CBI had nothing against his client and yet wanted to hold on to him. "Krishna had been in CBI’s illegal custody from June 3 to June 13. On June 13, he was officially arrested. But, CBI has nothing to show for its investigations. In fact, nothing has been produced against Krishna in the 37 days since the murder of Aarushi and Hemraj."

When Sharma asked CBI what more tests they needed to conduct on Krishna, CBI counsel said: "We cannot reveal this in an open court. But the investigations have been carried out vigorously, all through."

Turning to his sister, Parvati, and other relatives present in court, a weeping Krishna said he was innocent. Parvati consoled him: "Everything will be alright. Just have faith."

If the CBI claims to have a confession from Krishna, it may not amount to much since it won’t be admissible in court as evidence. It is to be seen whether the defence is using this to weaken CBI’s case. And, if CBI indeed has any case against him or not.

Krishna had been first picked up for questioning by the Noida police just after Aarushi’s body was found lying in a pool of blood on her own bed. That was from his home, around 6.30am on May 16. But, later, he was brought in as a witness and to help the police find Hemraj till the latter’s body was found. He was then questioned for a week, like many others, and then allowed to go.

Member of a family of four, who live in a room in retired Group Captain K N Johri’s house in Jalvayu Vihar, Krishna was detained by CBI on June 3 and put under the scanner in Bangalore.

On the evening of June 13, CBI’s Arun Kumar, declared: "Krishna has made a confessional statement". The FIR earlier filed by CBI pertained to murder, concealment of evidence and entering into a criminal conspiracy.

But Krishna’s sister, Parvati, and other family members told reporters that he had been at home on the night of May 15. "He returned from work around 9pm and went to sleep after dinner, around 10pm," Parvati claimed.

On June 15, a CBI team took Krishna to the Talwar home to re-enact the incident and next day they searched the drains and terrace of Dr Talwar’s house, drawing a blank.

The khukri of Krishna, which was collected by CBI for forensic examination last week and which Krishna allegedly said had been asked for by Hemraj, had once earlier been checked out by CBI.

Meanwhile, retired Group Captain K N Johri — whose daughter lives in Singapore where Parvati works for her — told TOI that Krishna was being framed. "He looked genuinely shocked when I told him about Aarushi’s murder, minutes after her body was found.”

Other domestic helps being questioned are Vijay Mandal and Rajkumar, who works for Dr Anita Durani. Dr Rajesh Talwar is in judicial remand and his bail plea will come up for hearing on June
26.

Aarushi Murder Case - Krishna breaks down in court, alleges 'CBI is torturing me'

GHAZIABAD: Krishna — the man who has been pitched by CBI to the centrestage of the investigations into the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case after having been on the fringes of the Noida police probe — broke down in court on Monday when the agency produced him to seek extension of his remand.

With puffy eyes — indicating lack of sleep — the compounder and receptionist at Dr Rajesh Talwar's Noida clinic burst into tears and accused CBI of torturing him.

Speaking before special CBI magistrate Sapna Mishra, 25-year-old Krishna said: "They keep beating me and do not allow me to sleep night after night. And, they tell me I have to say whatever they want. I am innocent. I was asleep at home at the time of the murders."

But he will have to spend four more days in CBI custody with the judge giving the agency an extension of remand.

Krishna has been put through polygraph, narco-analysis and psychological tests. While arresting him on June 13, CBI said he would help it in recovering the murder weapon and the mobiles of Aarushi and Hemraj. But there has been an ambiguity surrounding his role. In fact, when CBI had got an extension of his remand on June 17, its counsel had told the court that he was not cooperating and, in fact, misleading the investigators.

But it also said in the same breath that he had "confessed to his involvement in the crime along with others" even as Krishna's counsel rebutted the claim, saying no confession had been made. "Krishna revealed that Hemraj has asked him to bring a khukri when he came to Talwar's residence around midnight on May 15. He said he had taken the khukri himself," a CBI statement said.





Reports had then surfaced in some sections of the media that Krishna's fingerprints had been found on the walls of Aarushi's room and bathroom. But, on being asked about this, CBI joint director (special crime) Arun Kumar had denied the report.

Aarushi murder: Krishna's custody extended again

GHAZIABAD: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the Noida double murders was on Monday given four days more to interrogate Krishna, who worked as a compounder in Aarushi's dentist father Rajesh Talwar’s clinic.

The CBI sought four days custody of Krishna after his six-day custody ended on Monday and he was produced before the court.

The agency had arrested Krishna on June 13, saying he had confessed to his involvement in the murder of Aarushi and the Talwar family's domestic help Hemraj.

The agency has questioned a number of people but is nowhere near zeroing in the motive for the crime.

Aarushi, 14, was found murdered in her sector-25 Jal Vayu Vihar apartment in Noida on May 16. The police initially named her family's domestic help Hemraj as the prime accused but backtracked when his body was found on the roof of the building the next day. Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar has been in police custody since May 23.

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Dr Talwar to undergoes lie detector test again

Friday, June 20, 2008 (New Delhi) MICS - India

Groping in the dark to ascribe the motive for the murder of Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday subjected her dentist father, who has been arrested for the crime, to a second polygraph test.


''We took Talwar to the CFSL (Central Forensic Science Laboratory) this morning for conducting another lie detector test,'' a CBI source said.

The agency had Thursday moved an application in a special CBI court in adjacent Ghaziabad town for conducting a second polygraph test on the dentist as the first one had proved inconclusive.

During the hearing, judge Sapna Mishra Tripathi, after going through the CBI's case diary, had rejected Talwar's bail plea and extended his judicial custody by 14 days.

Aarushi, 14, was found murdered in her upscale Jal Vayu Vihar apartment in suburban Noida May 16. The police initially named her family's domestic help Hemraj as the prime accused but backtracked when his body was found on the roof of the building the next day.

The Noida police arrested Aarushi's father May 23, saying he killed his daughter in a fit of rage as he objected to her closeness with Hemraj.

The CBI took over the case June 1 after a public outcry over the shoddy manner in which the Noida police had investigated the case.

The CBI June 13 arrested Talwar's compounder Krishna, saying he had confessed to his involvement in the twin murders.

The agency has questioned a number of people but is nowhere near zeroing in the motive for the crime.

Late Thursday, the CBI subjected dentist couple Praful and Anita Durani, who are friends of Talwar and his wife Nupur, to a lie detector test.

The couple had previously been questioned in their Sector 53 home in Noida and the police had even searched the premises.

The Noida police had alluded to a liaison between Talwar and Anita Durani, saying this could have a bearing on Aarushi's murder. The police, however, have not been able to substantiate their claim.

The CBI has also questioned the Durani's domestic help Rajkumar, as also Vijay Mandal, who works in an apartment in the same block as the Talwars and was a friend of Hemraj.

''Rajkumar was once again picked up this (Thursday) morning and is being interrogated at the headquarters along with Vijay Mandal and Krishna,'' the CBI source said.

Vijay Mandal was subjected to a lie detector test Thursday, while a psychological test was conducted on Rajkumar.