[Updated September 10]
117 days after the murders of Aarushi Talwar and her family’s servant, Hemraj, India’s top criminal investigation agency finally admits that it simply doesn’t have evidence in the case. So is this the perfect crime? Will the killers walk away scot free? And what happens now? Neeraj Chauhan reports for The Indian Express
The CBI finally admitted on Tuesday that it does not have sufficient evidence against the domestic helps accused in the murder of teenager Arushi Talwar and household help Hemraj.
The investigating agency said in a press conference today that it has been unable to file chargesheet against Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal within the stipulated 90-day period. With Mandal already out on bail, the other two also look set to get bail.
The killers could have been caught in a day but the tragic Aarushi-Hemraj saga has slipped into the realm of frenzied speculation. In Tehelka, Harinder Baweja and Tusha Mittal sift facts from fiction:
Theories. Lie detectors on overdrive. Salacious rumours. Umpteen narco analysis tests. Arrests. News alerts and breaking news. Charges and counter-charges and the case just drags on and on. More than a month since the horrific killing of Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj Banjade, the circus macabre continues.
Life could not have changed more dramatically – or tragically – for the dentist couple, Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. Till the night of May 15, Rajesh, Nupur and Aarushi lived a reasonably happy life. The father sat in his daughter’s room, surfing the net and sending e-mails out. The mother was chatting with her daughter and lingered in the 14-year-old’s room for a few minutes after Rajesh retired at about midnight.
Previously in AW:
- The murder tearing Indian society apart
- Aarushi murder: a new day, a new theory
- Aarushi murder: 10 questions (plus one)
- Aarushi Talwar: a media circus that says something about us
- Aarushi murder: A mother’s story
- Aarushi case: How not to investigate a murder
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Oue media and the mass people are interested in seeing the sensational plots and moves of murderous acts that have become very common now. People eat their popcorn and watch entertaingly the murderous plots and stories. There’s no end to our ‘pop-corn’ culture, it seems. Who will bell the cat? Who’ll pay the bill? Who’ll touch and heal the root?