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CBI arrests Krishna in Aarushi case

Devesh K. Pandey

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NEW CATCH: Aarushi murder case prime accused Dr. Rajesh Talwar’s compounder Krishna in CBI custody in Bangalore.

NEW DELHI: Nearly a month after the murder of young Aarushi Talwar and the family’s domestic help Hemraj, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested her dentist father Rajesh Talwar’s compounder Krishna on the basis of scientific tests conducted on him. The agency, however, remained tight-lipped over the nature of his involvement in the murders.

Talking to journalists here, CBI Joint Director (Special Crime) Arun Kumar said Krishna was subjected to polygraph test and narco-analysis test at the Forensic Science Laboratory, Bangalore on June 12. “Earlier he was subjected to polygraph tests twice at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi, and was also put to a psychological assessment test at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences on June 9,” said Mr. Kumar.

“Krishna has been arrested in the double-murder case based on the findings of the scientific tests,” he added. But he did not reveal the role of Krishna stating that the charge sheet would contain details of his complicity.

Later in the evening, CBI Director Vijay Shankar told the media that the court concerned would be informed of Krishna’s role. It is suspected that Krishna has been arrested on charges of destruction of evidence.

Krishna, who, according to his family, had been kept in illegal detention by the CBI since June 3, was brought to the Capital on a flight from Bangalore on Friday.

During the narco-analysis test at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Bangalore, Krishna is learnt to have told the interrogators about regular visitors to the Talwars’ Sector 25 residence in Noida as also his own whereabouts on the night of the murders. He was also asked about the relationship between Dr. Talwar and Aarushi.

Talwar questioned

In another development, a team comprising CBI sleuths and a psychologist questioned Dr. Talwar at the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad, where he is lodged under judicial custody. Another CBI team questioned a Noida-based businessman said to be close to the Talwars.

Also, the agency reportedly picked up a domestic help of Dr. Talwar’s colleague and family friend Anita Durrani for questioning.

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