By IANS,
Noida/New Delhi : Dentist Rajesh Talwar, once a prime suspect in the murder of his daughter, Tuesday expressed disappointment over the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s failure to file a chargesheet in the case.
“We were hopeful that the CBI would file a chargesheet on time,” Talwar told NDTV news channel hours after the probe agency admitted to lack of proof against the three men – Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal – who were accused of involvement in the murders of Aarushi and the Talwar domestic help Hemraj on May 16.
Conceding its failure to unravel the murders, the CBI said Tuesday it was not charging anybody with the double murders and announced a reward of Rs.100,000 for clues leading to the evidence.
The CBI also said it would not file a chargesheet in the case anytime soon and would not oppose bail for the three men. The investigating agency was to submit its chargesheet before Sep 10, 2008, to meet the 90-day deadline since the first arrest in the case – that of Rajesh Talwar on May 23.
“The CBI had done the investigation, I believed them…if they are guilty, they should not be allowed to walk free,” Talwar told the news channel.
“We want justice for our child.”
Talwar said: “It is extremely distressing for us today. We don’t know if a chargesheet will be filed, we don’t even know if the accused did it.”
Aarushi’s mother Nupur Talwar said, “I cannot rest in peace till I know what happened to my daughter.”
Rajesh Talwar also for the first time spoke of his experience in jail, saying that at one time he contemplated suicide. “It was hell, I don’t know how I bore it. I didn’t want to live. If I could have, I thought of ending my life.”
He re-lived the horror of seeing his daughter dead, saying, “23 out of 24 hours, I see that scene.”