New Delhi:
After investigating the Aarushi Talwar murder case for two-and-a-half years, the CBI says it has no concrete evidence in the case. No murder weapon has been found, no motive has been established, even the forensic samples were declared tampered with, hence are unusable.
Sources say, the case closure is fuelled by investigators who believe the three men accused of the murder may not be guilty after all, and other suspects need to be brought under the scanner.
On May 16, 2008 in Jalvayu Vihar, Noida, 14-year-old Aarushi, daughter of a dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was killed at her residence late in the night. Their domestic help Hemraj was also murdered.
In June, the same year, the CBI claimed it knew who the killers were.
"I say this with confidence that CBI has opened up this blind case and we know who were the killers," CBI Director Vijay Shankar had said.
With this, the CBI had released Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar, who was held an accused by the Noida Police, and brought in Raj Kumar, Vijay Mandal, and Krishna, all domestic helps in the neighbourhood.
The deadline to file a charge sheet came and went in September 2008, but the CBI could never make a case against them.
Now sources say, the CBI has left the matter to the court to accept the closure, or show a direction in the investigation, as it did in the Nithari murder case.
Officially the CBI is not commenting on the case, but off the record the CBI officers say that they simply don't have enough hard evidence at the moment, and so now the ball is quite literally in the court.
Sources say, the case closure is fuelled by investigators who believe the three men accused of the murder may not be guilty after all, and other suspects need to be brought under the scanner.
On May 16, 2008 in Jalvayu Vihar, Noida, 14-year-old Aarushi, daughter of a dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was killed at her residence late in the night. Their domestic help Hemraj was also murdered.
In June, the same year, the CBI claimed it knew who the killers were.
"I say this with confidence that CBI has opened up this blind case and we know who were the killers," CBI Director Vijay Shankar had said.
With this, the CBI had released Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar, who was held an accused by the Noida Police, and brought in Raj Kumar, Vijay Mandal, and Krishna, all domestic helps in the neighbourhood.
The deadline to file a charge sheet came and went in September 2008, but the CBI could never make a case against them.
Now sources say, the CBI has left the matter to the court to accept the closure, or show a direction in the investigation, as it did in the Nithari murder case.
Officially the CBI is not commenting on the case, but off the record the CBI officers say that they simply don't have enough hard evidence at the moment, and so now the ball is quite literally in the court.
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