Aarushi trial: Talwars are 'freaks who became killers of their own progeny', says judge

The dentist couple were convicted yesterday of killing their 14yearold daughter and the familyrsquos housekeeper in a sensational case that has transfixed India since the girl was found with her throat slit in 2008 Rajesh and Nupur Talwar from Noida will be sentenced todayAs Special CBI Judge Shyam Lal pronounced them guilty the Talwars broke down lawyers later said Justice at last After five years the investigations in the murder come to an end and Aarushirsquos parents now await sentencing which will take place today In his 204page verdict Judge Shyam Lal said ldquoThe parents are the best protectors of their own children That is the order of the human nature but there have been freaks in the history of mankind where the father and the mother became the killer of their own progeny What comes next Rajesh and his wife Nupur Talwar arrive at Dasna Prison Ghaziabad after the judge found them guilty of killing Aarushi and Hemraj PicAFP They Talwars have extirpated their own daughter who hardly had seen 14 summers of her life and the servant without the compunction of terrestrial terrain in the breach of commandment lsquothou shall not killrsquo and injunction of Holy Quran lsquotake not life which God has made sacredrsquordquo But the couple insisted that they were innocent and vowed to fight for justice Immediately after the judgment the Talwars said in a statement released by their lawyer that they were lsquodeeply disappointedrsquo ldquoWe are deeply disappointed hurt and anguished for being convicted for a crime that has not been committed We refuse to feel defeated and will continue to fight for justicerdquo the statement said They could face the death penalty Soon after police took away the doctors to the Dasna prison in Ghaziabad district The doublemurder in a suburban pocket of the capital became one ofthe most closelywatched whodunits in recent memory in the country ldquoEverybody turned against usrdquo Vandana Talwar a family member told reporters blaming the media police and the court following a case that has lasted more than five years ldquoWe have only the truth on our siderdquo Aarushi 14 and domestic help Hemraj 45 from Nepal were found murdered at the Talwarsrsquo plush residence in Noida bordering Delhi in May 2008 Aarushi was found dead with her throat slit and the head battered on May 16 In the hours after the teenager Aarushi was found dead in her bedroom police named the Talwarsrsquo missing Nepali housekeeper Hemraj as the prime suspect They even dispatched a team to Nepal to look for him But the housekeeper wasnrsquot missing his body was discovered lying on a terrace above Aarushirsquos room It had been there the whole time The Talwars came under suspicion early on and police said the manner of the girlrsquos death suggested she was killed with surgical precision a clear nod to the Talwarsrsquo medical professionu00a0 ldquoThe way in which Aarushirsquos throat was cut points out that it was the work of some professional who could be a doctor or a butcherrdquo a top police official Brij Lal had told reporters in 2008 The CBI first gave a clean chit to the Talwars and arrested the lab assistant of the Talwars and two others But they were released on bail after no concrete evidence was found against them Facing flak over the inept investigation then CBI director Aswani Kumar formed a new team It was this team that again pointed the finger at the Talwars The latest trial got over on November 12 almost after 19 months during which the CBI presented about 90 witnesses to prove that the parents were guilty The Talwars maintain they did not kill their daughter or domestic help and that the CBI conclusions were based on presumptions conjectures and surmises Police offered several possible motives including an honour killing Rebecca John the Talwarsrsquo lawyer said the couple was ldquodeeply disappointedrdquo by the verdict John said she had drawn the courtrsquos attention to the botched up investigation of the case ldquoWe will appeal against the verdict within 60 daysrdquo John said lsquoThis is a miscarriage of justicersquo The Talwar family expressed dissatisfaction over the judgment of the special CBI court yesterday holding Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty of killing their only daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008 and said they will appeal to a higher court Rajesh Talwarrsquos brother Dinesh said ldquoHe and the family is not happy with the judgment We believe itrsquos a miscarriage of justicerdquo Dinesh Talwar said that the points proving innocence of the dentist couple were concealed by the CBI and were not producedbefore court He also said that the scientific evidence collected by the CBI had also revealed that the killings were done by one of the three servants Krishna Vijay Mandal and Raj Kumar but CBI did not inform the court about this ldquoThe golf stick number 5 which was presented before court as a clue by the CBI was not washed but the investigating agency informed the court that the stick was washedrdquo said Dinesh Talwar ldquoCBI informed the court that Aarushi and Hemrajrsquos neck was slit by a scalpel a surgical blade but the injury was made with an object like a cleaverrdquo he added Dinesh claimed there were much evidence that was not produced before the court ldquoWe could not get justice today now we will move to higher courtrdquo he said Aarushirsquos aunt Vandana Talwar said that she is very disappointed with the judgment ldquoRajesh and Nupur have been framed because of their innocencerdquo she said Talwars kept in separate special jail cells Rajesh and Nupur Talwar convicted by a CBI court yesterday for murdering their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008 have been kept in separate special cells at the Dasna Jail here an official said ldquoThe Talwar couple has been kept in separate special cells in the jail which will be out of reach for other inmates Due to security reasons they will be kept separate from other inmates forsome daysrdquo said Dasna Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma He added ldquoAfter their medical examination both of them were taken to their respective cells Each of them have been given a blanket a rug a mug and a platerdquou00a0 Timeline May 16 2008 Schoolgirl Aarushi Talwarrsquos body found at home with throat slit and a fatal head wound May 17 2008 Body of domestic help Hemraj found on the roof of the house May 23 2008 Father Dr Rajesh Talwar arrested May 29 2008 Case handed over to CBI July 11 2008 Dr Rajesh Talwar granted bail Dec 29 2010 CBI wants to close the case due to lsquolack of evidencersquo Jan 25 2011 Dr Rajesh Talwar attacked by a man with meat cleaver April 2011 CBI says lsquoonly parents could have killed Aarushirsquo June 8 2012 Trial beginsu00a0