Clueless CBI’s third angle: A third person

Officials,however,are not letting go of their first theory either. They still think of the trio,now out on bail,as the prime suspects. But they want to know if another person could be involved. “We had asked for details of criminals in Noida from the police,” said an officer.

Kumar,who after joining the agency,claimed that “investigations in CBI cases would be completed in one year’s time”,now says the agency cannot give any time limit. “We are investigating the case and efforts are being made,” he said,while not disclose where the investigations were now.

Arushi Talwar,daughter of a dentist couple in Noida,was found murdered at her Jalvayu Vihar flat on May 16,2008. Hemraj,the domestic help,was also found dead on the terrace the next day.

Bad start,Dead-ends all around
Despite its tall claims,the agency did not have a good start in the case. After it had failed to file a chargesheet against the three domestic helps within 90 days of their arrest,they had to go to the Noida hospital to find Arushi’s missing pathology reports.

Later,it was also learnt that ‘vaginal swabs’ of Arushi had been swapped,but the CBI has not been able to nail anyone for that.

The CBI did get a vital clue in the form of Arushi’s mobile phone,which was recovered by the Delhi Police last year,but all data in it had already been deleted. They have also not been able to recover the murder weapons.

CBI’s efforts to get a lead from the narco-analysis,brain mapping tests of Arushi’s parents also seems to have come to naught.