India | Updated Jul 12, 2008 at 12:38pm IST

Noida twin murder case: Who are Talwars

Parikshit LuthraParikshit Luthra, CNN-IBN

Noida: When 14-year-old Arushi Talwar was found dead on morning of May 16, little did anyone know that the police would arrest own father Dr Rajesh Talwar - a dentist at Fortis Hospital with an impeccable reputation among patients.

Talwar's wife Nupur is also a dentist with the same hospital. The Talwar's also ran their clinic in Noida's Sector 27.

Dr Anita Durrani a colleague of Dr Rajesh Talwar also worked at the same clinic and police say they were having an extra-marital affair, much to Arushi's dislike.

According to the police, Dr Rajesh's anger was fuelled by the fact that his servants including Hemraj also knew of his affair.

They also claimed that Hemraj had earlier told his friends that there was a threat to his life.

The police conjectured that in a disturbed family, the daughter had no one to turn to and in fact the only person whom she could share her problems with was 45-year-old Hemraj and this was what brought the two close to each other.

Police say this was something that Dr Rajesh Talwar could not tolerate and so when he returned home on the night of May 15, he couldn't take in what he saw.

Arushi and Hemraj were, according to the police, talking with each other and Dr Talwar decided to eliminate both. First Hemraj was killed and then Arushi.

But where was Dr Nupur Talwar when all this happened especially when Arushi's room was just four to five feet away from her parents'.

Two murders took place in the same house in the night and that too within an hour. Surely it's Dr Nupur Talwar's role in the entire case that the police must now look into.

Profile of persons at the center of investigations:

Dr. Rajesh Talwar

  • Arushi's father
  • Is a prosthodontist and implant surgeon
  • Works as a senior consultant and coordinator at the Fortis Hospital, Noida
  • Medical graduate from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
  • Post Graduation from King George's Medical College, Lucknow
  • Joined Fortis Healthcare after working for 12 years at Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi
  • Has a clinic near Laxman Public School, Hauz Khas
  • Has been awarded the Fellowship of the International College of Dentists in 2004
  • Is a member of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry

Dr Nupur Talwar

  • Arushi's mother
  • She is also a dentist at Noida's Fortis Hospital
  • Also authored a book with her husband

Dr. Anita Durrani

  • Dr Rajesh Talwar's friend
  • Is a dentist colleague of Dr Rajesh Talwar
  • Originally from Kashmir
  • Wife of another dentist, Dr Praful Durrani
  • Runs her clinic in Khan Market
  • Dr Rajesh Talwar and Dr Anita Durrani also worked as a team from the Hauz Khas clinic in the mornings
  • Dr Nupur Talwar and Dr Praful Durrani worked from the Noida clinic in the evenings
  • Dr Anita was a frequent visitor to the Talwar's house

<table width="248" border="0"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><img src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/05_2008/230508nupurtalwar248.jpg" width="248" height="178" border="1"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class='Gtext10 lineheight12'> <div align="left">SOUND SLEEP: Dr Nupur Talwar was reportedly sleeping when her daughter was killed.</div></td> </tr> </table>

(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest)

Comments (2)

All comments will be published after moderation

Trending Searches

#Tobacco #Hansie Cronje #Narendra Modi #Nitin Gadkari #Viswanathan Anand #Multiple sclerosis #Shahrukh Khan #Indian Railways #Essar Group #Bilcare #Narendra Modi #Nitin Gadkari #Jagan #Naveen Patnaik #Raj Thackeray #Bharat Bandh #Andhra Pradesh #Manmohan Singh #VK Singh