Rajesh Talwar killed Aarushi and Hemraj : CBI

Ghaziabad: The CBI on Tuesday said that dentist Rajesh Talwar had killed his daughter and domestic servant with his golf stick and a sharp-edged weapon.
Deposing during cross examination in a special court, CBI Additional SP AGL Kaul, who led the second probe team, went into the motive behind the sensational double murder of 14-year old Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj at the Noida residence of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on the intervening night of May 15-16, 2008.

Explaining the sequence of events which took place on the fateful night, Kaul said Rajesh heard some noise and went to Hemraj’s room but did not find him there. “There were two golf sticks lying in Hemraj’s room one of which Rajesh Talwar picked up. He heard a noise from the room of Aarushi. The room door was not locked and was just shut. He opened the door and found Aarushi and Hemraj were in objectionable position on the bed of Aarushi,” Kaul said in his testimony.

Kaul said finding them in such a position, Rajesh Talwar hit on Hemraj’s head with golf stick. By the time he gave a second blow the servant’s head moved from the position and the stick hit Aarushi on her forehead.

He said both decided to hide the body of Hemraj and dispose it off on getting suitable opportunity. The duo wrapped Hemraj’s body in a bed-sheet and dragged him to terrace where they slit his throat, covering the body with a cooler panel, Kaul said.

“She threw the key towards Bharti from balcony which can be approached from the backside of Aarushi’s room…When Bharti came up she found Talwars crying and saying ‘see what Hemraj has done?'” he said.

On being questioned by defence about forensic reports that Hemraj’s DNA was found from a purple pillow recovered from the residence of Krishna, who was a suspect in the initial probe done by CBI, Kaul said that was the result of typing error in the CFSL report.

“I cannot give any specific reason which made me believe that there was a typing error in the report. It is wrong to say that I am intentionally not telling the reasons on the basis of which I deduced that there was a typing error in the report,” Kaul said.