Aarushi murder case: Allahabad High Court to hear Talwars' plea

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court will today hear Aarushi Talwar's mother, Nupur Talwar's plea challenging the order of the CBI court in Ghaziabad which made her and her husband, Rajesh Talwar the main accused in the murder of their teenage daughter.

Nupur Talwar had filed a criminal revision petition in the Allahabad High Court. The petition says that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a half-hearted and incomplete investigation into the case and that, scientific methods of criminal investigation like 'touch DNA' were not adopted to build or gather evidence against the accused.

She has also filed a fresh affidavit in the court giving more evidence against Krishna - one of the three domestic help arrested earlier by the CBI - claiming that this evidence was not taken into account by the CBI.

Furthermore, the affidavit also says that a blood-stained cloth was recovered from Krishna's house and a DNA test confirmed that the blood stains were that of Aarushi.

The Talwars want the High Court to strike down the order passed by the Ghaziabad court and direct the investigating agency for further investigation into the death of their daughter and their domestic help Hemraj.

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The CBI court had, on February 9, directed the investigating agency to prosecute the Talwars for the murder of their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj. They were also accused of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

The court's order came after the CBI had recently submitted its closure report pointing fingers at the parents though it maintained there was no conclusive evidence.

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The CBI court, however, decided to proceed with the trial against the couple observing that there was "enough evidence" against them.

Aarushi was found dead inside her Noida residence in May 2008 with her throat slit and the body of the domestic help Hemraj was recovered later from the terrace.