Aarushi's parents have decided to file an appeal against the CBI's closure report
Aarushi's parents have decided to file an appeal against the CBI's closure report
The agency's two-and-a-half years of investigation hadn't produced enough evidence. The CBI has sought the court's permission to shut down the probe.
"This is not done. We are shocked and shattered. We want justice for our child and we will not let it go so easily," said Rajesh Talwar, Aarushi's father.
The designated court will fix the date for taking cognizance of the closure report filed by the CBI. If accepted, the three suspects - Raj Kumar, Vijay Mandal and Krishna - will be set free. They are currently out on bail.
The Talwar family has decided to file an appeal against the closure report. The dentist family was keeping silent and had placed its trust on the investigation being carried out by the premier investigating agency. Wednesday came as a rude shock.
"We are completely shattered as we cooperated with the agency at every step. All this was done to get justice for our child, not to see the case come to a dead end. We tried everything and underwent narco test. Despite this, filing of closure report by CBI is shocking. I haven't yet discussed the matter with legal experts but we won't let the case die and will fight till the last breath for justice," said Rajesh Talwar.
Aarushi, the daughter of dentist parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in their Jalvayu Vihar apartment in Noida May 16, 2008. The family's domestic help, Hemraj, whom Noida police initially suspected for the murder, was also found killed on the flat's terrace a day later.
Rajesh Talwar was arrested and kept behind bars for 50 days in connection with the killings, but was later let off because of lack of evidence against him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation into the murders of Aarushi and Hemraj on June 1, 2008, forming a 25-member team in a resolute attempt to crack the case.
The investigating agency recovered Aarushi's phone Nokia N-72 by tracking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number six months after the murder.
The CBI also questioned Aarushi's family with respect to the recovered phone. After Rajesh Talwar was let off, the CBI arrested his medical assistant Krishna and two other domestic helps in the neighbourhood, Raj Kumar and Vijay Mandal.
All of them were freed after a period of detention while the CBI continued to hunt for material evidence in the sensational case.
The CBI had last September reconstituted its Special Investigation Team (SIT) following reports that the vaginal swabs of the teenaged victim may have been substituted.
The investigating agency in January this year sought permission of a Ghaziabad court to conduct
narco-analysis tests on Aarushi's parents. They underwent the tests in an Ahmedabad forensic laboratory in February.
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Timeline |
Following is the chronology of the Aarushi murder case in which CBI filed a closure report on Wednesday: |