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No one shifted from Aarushi case probe: CBI

Devesh K. Pandey

NEW DELHI: Scotching day-long speculation that three officers, including one in the rank of Deputy Inspector-General, involved in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case investigations had been shifted out, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said, “Nothing can be farther from the truth.”

“In fact,” the investigating agency said, “the team has been further strengthened and investigations continue in full swing.” A CBI source said a breakthrough in the case was likely in a couple of days. Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were found murdered in their Noida house last month.

Talking to reporters on Thursday evening, CBI Director Vijay Shankar urged the media to remain within their limits. “The case is a challenge for the CBI and investigations are progressing satisfactorily,” he added.

Mr. Shankar said an officer whose name was doing the rounds in the speculation spree was one of the finest officers. He had applied for leave a month ago for personal reasons. Meanwhile, because of the ongoing strike by advocates in Ghaziabad courts, the lawyer for Krishna, compounder of Aarushi’s dentist father and prime accused Rajesh Talwar, could not move an application seeking a reply from the CBI why it had kept him in “illegal detention” for so long. On Wednesday, Krishna’s family alleged that the CBI picked him up on June 3 and kept him in its custody. On Thursday, his relatives and friends demonstrated in the Capital demanding that “innocent persons be not framed”.

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