By IANS,
New Delhi : Probing the twin murders in Noida last month, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has focussed on the role of Krishna, who worked as compounder with victim Aarushi’s dentist father Rajesh Talwar, and he will be subjected to a narco test in Bangalore Thursday.
“To verify contradictions in his statements before the Noida police and the CBI, Krishna alias Kishan was subjected to lie detector tests on Monday and Tuesday at CFSL (Central Forensic Science Laboratory) in New Delhi. Further, he has been sent to FSL, Bangalore, for more scientific tests,” CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar told reporters.
“Scientific tests are being conducted with consent and as per the provisions of law,” said Kumar who is heading the team investigating the twin murders that have shocked the nation.
“Results of the tests conducted are awaited,” he said.
Earlier, CBI sources said Krishna had vital information about the alleged illicit relationship between Talwar and Anita Durrani, also a dentist and partner in a dental clinic in Noida.
Aarushi, 14, was found dead in her Noida home May 16. The Noida police initially named domestic help Hemraj as the prime suspect and sent teams to trace him. But his body was found the next day on the terrace of the house.
Then police arrested Rajesh Talwar, saying he had killed the two as he was opposed to ties between her and Hemraj and also that she knew about his extra-marital relationship with Durrani.
The CBI took over the case after the Noida police drew flak for shoddy investigations.
The needle of suspicion pointed to Krishna, 32, after his first lie detector test Monday that went on for six hours.
On Tuesday, the CBI conducted another lie-detector test on him and said the murders were a “pre-meditated conspiracy” and not committed on the “spur of the moment” as earlier believed.
Krishna was the first to have told the police that Talwar was having an affair with Durrani.
The investigating agency also got his finger prints from Talwar’s Jalvayu Vihar residence.
“The precision of the wounds on Aarushi’s body suggest that the murderer knew surgical procedures. This raises a finger of suspicion at Krishna, who is a compounder at Talwar’s clinic,” a CBI official said.
“Following Krishna’s statement, a CBI team Monday night took him to three places – the Hindon river, Khera village and Nithari,” all in Noida, the official said.
The CBI has suspected that Krishna might have disposed of the weapon used in the two murders.
Meanwhile, Krishna told a news channel that he was innocent. “I am innocent and I have not done anything. The CBI is trying to frame me to shield Talwar,” a visibly distraught Krishna told the channel as he was being whisked away by the CBI. “Save me,” he cried out.
Krishna, who hails from Nepal, had been working as compounder at Talwar’s clinic for the last three years and was a confidante of Hemraj.
Talwar has been under arrest for alleged involvement in the murders. “He remains a suspect,” the CBI official said.