Aarushi case: Saw stains on stairs, says witness Ghaziabad: A CBI witness and colleague of dentist Rajesh Talwar on Monday told the special CBI court that he saw blood stains on the terrace door, its lock and on the stairs leading to the terrace of L-32 apartment on the day Aarushi's murder came to light. Dentist, Rajiv Kumar Varshney, who was on Monday fielded as a new CBI witness in the Aarsushi-Hemraj murder case said, "there were blood...  
04:00 AM, Sep 11, 2012

Neighbour says Talwars had taken his terrace key Ghaziabad: A neighbour of Talwars on Friday told a CBI court hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj case that he never saw the door of their terrace locked and the couple's driver had twice come to take keys of his terrace on the day the girl's murder came to light, saying their own key was misplaced. Puneesh Rai Tandon, who lives on the right side of Talwars' L-32 house and was on Friday...  
11:43 PM, Sep 07, 2012

Deposed whatever was taught to me by CBI: Talwars' maid Ghaziabad: In a dramatic turn of events, a CBI witness and maid of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Tuesday told the special CBI court in Ghaziabad that she was "forced" by the probe agency to give statements in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. On Monday, the part-time maid, Bharti Mandal, had told the court that the main doors of the Talwars' house were locked from inside on the morning after...  
10:46 PM, Sep 04, 2012

Doors were locked from inside: Talwars' maid Ghaziabad: A maid of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the main accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj murders, on Monday told a special CBI court in Ghaziabad that the main doors of their house were locked from inside on the morning after the killings. Bharti Mandal, who was employed just six days before the shocking murder, in her deposition said that she reached the Talwars' house on May 16, 2008 at 6 o'...  
10:34 PM, Sep 03, 2012

Aarushi-Hemraj case: Painter refutes CBI claim
by IANS
Ghaziabad: A witness in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case on Friday refuted the CBI's claim that he painted the flat soon after the crime, leading to destruction of evidence. During cross-examination at a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, Shohrat, a painter, said he painted the Jalvayu Vihar flat of Aarushi's parents in Noida in July 2009, a year after the murders were committed there. Defence lawyer Manoj Shishodia...  
01:31 AM, Sep 01, 2012

Aarushi case: Witness fails to answer queries
by IANS
Ghaziabad: A forensic expert could not answer in a special court in Ghaziabad on Monday some defence queries on samples lifted from the scene of the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, a lawyer said. Defence lawyer Manoj Shishodia said the Central Forensic Science Laboratory BK Mahapatra said he did not remember from which place at the murder spot he lifted which sample. Mahapatra had visited the spot along with 12 other scientists...  
03:54 AM, Aug 28, 2012

Aarushi case: Cross-examination of crucial witness on Ghaziabad: The cross-examination of a crucial witness in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case continued today in a special CBI court in Ghaziabad. The witness, BP Mahaptra, senior scientist of Central Forensic Science laboratory, told the court that the DNA found in the vagina of the deceased could not be conclusively established as it was contaminated in a local hospital. The special CBI judge ordered continuation of the cross examination of...  
02:21 AM, Aug 25, 2012

Whisky bottle carried Aarushi, Hemraj fingerprints
by IANS
Ghaziabad: The defence in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder on Wednesday questioned the basis on which a forensic expert drew his conclusions on test samples, while a special court in Ghaziabad deferred the witness's cross-examination by a day. During the cross-examination, defence lawyer GP Thareja asked BK Mahapatra, a scientist from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi, about how he arrived at his conclusions. Mahapatra told the court on August 14...  
10:57 PM, Aug 22, 2012

Cross-examination deferred in Aarushi-Hemraj case Ghaziabad: The cross-examination of a crucial witness in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case was deferred till Thursday by a special court on Wednesday on a fresh plea by the teenager's parents. This is the second time the defence has sought deferment of cross-examination of Central Forensic Science Laboratory's (CFSL) senior scientist BP Mahaptra. Although Mahaptra was cross-examined "partially" during the pre-lunch session, in the post-lunch session the defence sought deferment...  
09:14 PM, Aug 22, 2012

Aarushi murder: Expert to face defence queries Aug 21
by IANS
Ghaziabad: A forensic expert, who told a special court here that sexual assault of teen Aarushi could not be established on the basis of samples provided by the CBI, would be cross examined August 21, a defence lawyer said on Thursday. Prosecution witness BK Mahapatra, a scientist from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, earlier told Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge S Lal that he conducted tests on 27...  
01:40 AM, Aug 17, 2012

Female DNA, blood stains found on Talwars' clothes Ghaziabad: A forensic expert, deposing in the twin Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, on Tuesday told a court in Ghaziabad that blood stains with female DNA were found on the teenager's parents' clothes. The senior scientist, B P Mahaptra of Central Forensic Science laboratory, told the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court that blood stains were found on the clothes that Nupur and Rajesh Talwar wore on the night of Aarushi's...  
11:48 PM, Aug 14, 2012

CBI opposes Nupur Talwar's bail plea New Delhi: The CBI Thursday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the bail plea of Nupur Talwar who is in judicial custody for her alleged involvement in the double murder of her daughter Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in a 30-page affidavit, said that Nupur Talwar "is likely to tamper with the evidence and abscond in case she is released on bail". "The...  
10:26 PM, Aug 09, 2012

CBI admits to creating email ID in Hemraj's name New Delhi: The CBI sleuths had created, for some "specific purpose", an email ID in the name of slain domestic help Hemraj to interact with dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar during the probe of Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, the agency said on Thursday. The CBI, which had earlier denied that email id 'hemraj.jalvayuvihar@gmail.com' was used to call Talwars for questioning, is now saying that the ID was created for some...  
05:41 PM, Aug 09, 2012

'Partial male DNA' found on Aarushi's pillow Ghaziabad: A forensic expert, deposing in the twin Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, on Tuesday told a court in Ghaziabad that a pillow recovered from the teenager's room bore evidence of a "partial male DNA". The senior scientist, BP Mahaptra of Central Forensic Science laboratory, told the court that besides the partial male DNA, blood stains were found on the pillow that matched Aarushi's group. Female DNA and blood stains found on...  
03:10 AM, Aug 08, 2012

SC defers Nupur's bail plea hearing till Aug 13 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing of dentist Nupur Talwar's plea for bail in twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A bench of justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar slated August 13 to hear her bail plea, on which the bench had earlier issued notice to the CBI on July 16. Nupur, who has been in jail since her surrender before...  
04:52 PM, Aug 06, 2012

Aarushi-Hemraj murder: Talwars' bail hearing today New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the bail pleas of the doctor couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the prime accused in the double murder case of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The duo has been charged with murder and destruction of evidence. Apart from this, Rajesh Talwar has also been charged with misleading the probe. In the last hearing, the apex court had issued...  
09:28 AM, Aug 06, 2012

Aarushi, Hemraj injuries were similar: Doctor Ghaziabad: A Noida doctor on Tuesday told a Special CBI court in Ghaziabad that when he was on his way to conduct Aarushi's autopsy he was made to speak by Rajesh Talwar's brother with a person, whom he said was head of the AIIMS forensic medicine TD Dogra. "Dinesh Talwar, brother of Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar, gave phone and said that Dogra wants to talk to me, and I thought...  
12:28 PM, Jul 25, 2012

Talwars were indifferent to Aarushi murder: Witness Ghaziabad: An erstwhile Noida administration officer on Wednesday told a court in Ghaziabad that he was "shocked" to see the "indifferent attitude" of dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar on the fateful day when the body of their teenaged daughter Aarushi was recovered from their flat. Deposing as a prosecution witness, Sanjay Chauhan, who was posted as an additional magistrate in Noida in 2008, told special Central Bureau of Investigation...  
09:14 PM, Jul 18, 2012

SC notice to CBI on Nupur Talwar's bail New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea of Nupur Talwar, prime accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. Nupur's lawyer told the court that the investigation in the case was over, the chargesheet had been filed and there was no material on record to show that if she was granted bail, she would flee the country....  
12:47 PM, Jul 16, 2012

CBI rebuts Talwars' defence in Aarushi case Ghaziabad: The CBI on Tuesday strongly refuted the claim of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, facing trial in the twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, that these was a mismatch in the negatives and the positive of the crime scene photographs supplied to them by the prosecution. The CBI counsel told Special Judge Shayam Lal that the agency had supplied to the couple the...  
08:57 PM, Jul 10, 2012