Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar will have to prove their innocence in the Supreme Court, even as India waits to know who the culprits in the 10-year-old Aarushi-Hemraj murder case were
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court's order acquitting Nupur Talwar and Rajesh Talwar in the Aarushi- Hemraj murder case.
The Allahabad High Court, in a judgment last year, observed that the Noida-based dentist couple couldn't be held responsible for the murder of Aarushi and household help Hemraj because of insufficient evidence. That verdict itself was the outcome of a nine-year-long case that dragged on following several twists and turns. A CBI court in Ghaziabad had earlier sentenced the doctor couple to life imprisonment in 2013.
The CBI has said that the Allahabad HC made a mistake in overturning the trial court's 'well-reasoned' judgment. However, following the High Court's October 2017 order, Hemraj's widow had in December moved the apex court against the acquittal.
On May 15, 2008, 14-year old Aarushi Talwar had been found dead in the Talwars' Noida apartment. At first, the police had suspected Hemraj to have committed the murder, since he was missing. Two days later, Hemraj's dead body was discovered fromm the terrace of the Talwars' residence.
Khumkala Banjade, the wife of the murdered domestic help, was quoted by the Times of India as saying that she would fight to get her husband's killers brought to justice. She had also said that the family had been struggling to make ends meet.
Here is a list of top 10 developments surrounding the 2008 Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj twin murder case:
1. CBI moves Supreme Court: On Thursday, the CBI moved the apex court against an Allahabad High Court ruling acquitting the Talwars in the twin murder case. Interestingly, CBI judge Shyam Lal, who had convicted Aarushi's parents in the case, in February this year moved the Supreme Court against the Allahabad HC's 'disparaging' comments against his judgment.
2. CBI says Allahabad HC 'erred': The CBI said that the high court had 'erred' in not maintaining the status quo with the judgment made by the CBI trial court. In the top investigating agency's opinion, the Ghaziabad court had taken a comprehensive view of all the available 'circumstantial evidence' and 'rightly' convicted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the case.
3. CBI botched up the probe? According to a TOI report, the family of Hemraj is convinced that the CBI botched up the investigation of the Aarushi Talwar murder case. Hemraj's brother was quoted as asking if the CBI had a sense of responsibility and said that the country must know who the killers were.
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