Talwars to be tried for Aarushi murder, destroying evidence

A court charged dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

The special Ghaziabad court also wants the parents tried for destruction of evidence.

Yesterday, arguments on charges began at the sessions court in Ghaziabad, with the CBI demanding that the Talwars face trial for destruction of evidence as well as giving misleading information, apart from the charge of murder.

''We have asked for charges under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 203 (giving false information) against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. Apart from committing the murder of their daughter Arushi and their domestic help Hemraj, they also misled the investigating agency by filing a false FIR against Hemraj when the murder of Arushi was first discovered,” CBI senior prosecutor R K Saini said yesterday.

Arguing in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal, the CBI said as there were only four people in the house that night, including Arushi and Hemraj, the onus to explain the events of the night fell on the Talwars.

The CBI also quoted from statements of the guard of the Noida colony where the Talwars lived and the murders took place, which said that ''nobody entered or left the house post 9 pm''.

The CBI also used the account of the Talwars’ driver, who confirmed that when ''he went to the house to hand over the car keys at 9.50 pm that night, all four people were present in the house''.