Aarushi case: Warrants against Rajesh, Nupur Talwar

Ghaziabad:  Bailable warrants have been issued by a Ghaziabad court against Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, who were accused earlier this month of murdering their 13-tyear-old daughter and their domestic help in May 2008 at their home in Noida.

The Talwars - who are both dentists - also stand accused of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

They had appealed against these charges in different courts, but have so far been unsuccessful in getting the charges dropped.

Aarushi was found with her throat slit in her bedroom. The next day, the family's domestic help Hemraj, was discovered dead on the Talwars' roof.

The case was handled first by the Noida Police and then transferred to the CBI. Dr Talwar, who had been arrested by the police a week after the double murder at his home, was released two months later when the CBI said in court that it did not have evidence against him.

In December, the CBI said that it wanted to close the case because it had not found enough evidence against Rajesh Talwar, who it emphasised as its main suspect. On the 8th of this month, the Ghaziabad court said that there was enough circumstantial evidence to merit a trial for Aarushi's parents.

Aarushi's mother highlights evidence against Krishna

After Rajesh Talwar was released from prison in 2008, the CBI declared that it had identified the men who killed Hemraj and Aarushi.  The agency arrested Krishna, who was a compounder in Rajesh's clinic, along with Vijay Mandal and Rajkumar, who worked for families that lived near the Talwars.

In the Allahabad High Court today, Nupur Talwar filed an affidavit claiming that the CBI was ignoring important facts that it had uncovered during its inquiry.

In this affidavit, the Talwars state that a DNA test conducted in November 2008 had linked finger prints found near Hemraj's body to those on a whiskey bottle found inside their house, and that these prints matched those found on Krishna's pillow.

The Talwars also alleged that the CBI was not allowing them access to Aarushi's computer.  The router for the internet connection for Aarushi's computer was switched on soon after she was killed - and this has been noted by the court in Ghaziabad as evidence against the Talwars.