By IANS,
New Delhi : Perturbed at the infructous efforts of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe their teenaged daughter Aarushi’s murder, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Wednesday met the investigators at the agency’s headquarters and sought justice for her.
The CBI Tuesday conceded its failure to dig out material evidence in the murders of Aarushi and her family help Hemraj and said it was not charging anybody with the sensational crime. It also announced a reward of Rs.100,000 for clues leading to the evidence.
“Aarushi’s parents today came to the CBI headquarters regarding the investigations in the case,” a CBI official said without divulging any details of the meeting.
Nearly four months after Aarushi was found murdered in her Noida home on May 16 – Hemraj’s body was found a day later – the CBI Tuesday conceded that it would not file a charge-sheet in the case anytime soon and would not oppose bail for the accused.
The investigating agency was to submit its charge-sheet before Wednesday to meet the 90-day deadline since the first arrest in the case – that of Aarushi’s father Rajesh Talwar on May 23.
Dentist Rajesh Talwar, once a prime suspect in the murder of his daughter and domestic helpn Hemraj, Tuesday expressed disappointment over the CBI’s failure to file a charge- sheet.
“We were hopeful that the CBI would file a charge-sheet on time,” Talwar told the NDTV news channel hours after the probe agency admitted it had no proof against the three men – Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal – who were accused of involvement in the double murder.
Krishna was a medical assistant to Rajesh Talwar, Rajkumar was the domestic help of Talwars’ family friends, and Mandal worked as a domestic help in the same neighbourhood.
Mandal was granted bail by a CBI court in Ghaziabad last week.
The CBI, which has been unable to trace the murder weapon and the mobile phones of Aarushi and Hemraj, has now declared a reward of Rs.100,000 for anybody leading it to the crucial pieces of evidence.
Aarushi’s mobile phone was a black Nokia N-72 with the number 9910520630. Hemraj owned a Tata Indicom mobile set with number 9213515485.
The premier investigating agency has also sent letters rogatory to probe the Nepal links of the accused to locate some witnesses and the mobile phones of the deceased.
The CBI, which took over the case May 31, has accused the three in the double murders on the basis of their narco-analysis tests – the only basis of its probe that is not admissible as evidence in the court.