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Police relied on circumstantial evidence

NOIDA: In the absence of any eyewitness to the gruesome murder of young Aarushi Talwar and the family’s domestic help Hemraj, the Noida police relied entirely on circumstantial evidence to crack the case.

“When Dr. Rajesh Talwar saw his daughter Aarushi in an objectionable position with Hemraj on that fateful night, he decided to eliminate her. But as Hemraj could have been a witness to the murder, Dr. Talwar first took him to the terrace, hit him with a hammer and slit his throat. He then came downstairs and murdered Aarushi in the similar fashion,” said Inspector-General (Meerut Zone) Gurdarshan Singh.

The double murder had no eyewitness, but circumstantial evidence helped the police in reaching the accused. Had an outsider been involved, it would have required him to pass through three gates before gaining entry to the house. Since there were no signs of a forcible entry, it hinted at the involvement of an insider in the murders.

In fact, the dentist couple had told the police that they had gone to bed around midnight on the fateful night and the post-mortem report said the girl was murdered between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. The two bedrooms were adjacent to each other and the police thus found it difficult to believe that the dentist couple did not hear anything.

Also, the police found it abnormal for the assailant to wash his hands in the desert cooler and then lock the door of the terrace before fleeing the scene. The unprecedented hurry exhibited by the parents in rushing to Hardwar to perform the last rites of Aarushi also made them the suspects in the case.

“All this pointed the needle of suspicion at Dr. Talwar and he was eventually arrested. Investigations are still on and the role of his wife Nupur is also being probed,” said Mr. Singh.

The police produced Dr. Talwar in a local court in the evening which sent him to 14 days’ judicial custody.

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