Allahabad:
The Allahabad High Court will today hear a plea filed by Aarushi Talwar's parents, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, challenging the order of the CBI court in Ghaziabad which made them the main accused for the murder of their teenage daughter.
The petition says that the 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 gather evidence against the accused.
The Talwars now want the High Court to strike down the order passed by the Ghaziabad court and order further investigation into the death of their daughter and their household help Hemraj.
On the 9th of this month, a CBI court charged Nupur and Rajesh Talwar with killing the 13-year-old in their Noida home in May 2008. They were also accused of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
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.
The CBI, which was entrusted with the investigation in the case following an uproar over the alleged shoddy probe by Uttar Pradesh police, had recently submitted its closure report pointing fingers at the parents though it maintained there was no conclusive evidence.
However, the court decided to proceed with the trial against the couple observing that there was "enough evidence" against them.
The petition says that the 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 gather evidence against the accused.
The Talwars now want the High Court to strike down the order passed by the Ghaziabad court and order further investigation into the death of their daughter and their household help Hemraj.
On the 9th of this month, a CBI court charged Nupur and Rajesh Talwar with killing the 13-year-old in their Noida home in May 2008. They were also accused of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
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.
The CBI, which was entrusted with the investigation in the case following an uproar over the alleged shoddy probe by Uttar Pradesh police, had recently submitted its closure report pointing fingers at the parents though it maintained there was no conclusive evidence.
However, the court decided to proceed with the trial against the couple observing that there was "enough evidence" against them.
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