Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Murder whodunnit grips India's middle-class

A young girl's throat is slit in her bedroom. A servant is also found dead nearby. The dentist father is arrested, injected with a "truth serum", held for 50 days and then released. The murder weapon has still to be found.


India is gripped by a murder whodunnit that has highlighted its bumbling police, aggressive media and a deep-seated unease among the Asian giant's newly rich about household servants amid increasing numbers of crimes in its cities.

Rajesh Talwar returns home
Home again: Dr Rajesh Talwar and wife Nupur Talwar, parents of slain teenager Aarushi, at

their Noida residence. Rajesh Talwar, the key suspect in the Noida double murder case, was on Saturday released from jail. See video: Dr Talwar walks free

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