Talwars killed Aarushi,Hemraj: CBI officer

Incidentally,Kaul was a signatory to the case closure report filed by the CBI on December 29,2010. In that report,the CBI said Rajesh Talwar was prime suspect in the case but there was not enough evidence to file a chargesheet. In February 2011,a special CBI court rejected the closure report and made the Talwars co-accused in the case,charged with murder and destruction of evidence.

Outside the court,Tanveer Ahmed Mir,counsel for the Talwars,responded to Kaul’s testimony: “The investigating officer’s statement to court is contradictory to his own final report in which he clearly said there was insufficient evidence to prove the charge of murder and destruction of evidence against Rajesh Talwar,which is why they wanted closure of the case. Nupur Talwar wasn’t even charged in his report.”

During his examination,Kaul told the court: “After my investigation,I came to the conclusion that the two victims were not killed by an outsider. Nor were they killed by either Krishna,Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal (who were all known to Hemraj). The murders were committed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar.”

Kaul explained the layout of the house. “Entry to the house was through a wooden door. Beyond the door was a passage which had a metal door at the end. There was another wooden door next to it. The door to Hemraj’s room opened in the passage between the main door and the metal door,while the other door to his room opened inside the house. If one were to exit Hemraj’s room from the door in the passage,one could lock the metal door from outside,and then enter the house from the door which was inside the house,” he said.

“During my investigation,I found that the scene of the crime had been dressed up. The bed on which Aarushi’s body was found did not have a single crease on it. There was no stream of blood from the cut on Aarushi’s neck,and there was a spot of wetness on the sheet that covered her… Hemraj’s body on the terrace was covered with a panel and the terrace door was locked from the side leading to the stairs,” Kaul said.

“A set of golf sticks were sent to CFSL New Delhi for forensic analysis which found that two golf sticks were cleaner than the others. One of the golf sticks matched the wounds on the two victims. I had identified the golf sticks during my questioning of Rajesh Talwar’s driver who had said that he had put these two golf sticks in Hemraj’s room,” he said.

During investigations,a dummy test was conducted for two reasons,Kaul told the court. “First,to find out if it was possible for two persons of normal build to wrap a body in a sheet and take it up the stairs to the terrace. Secondly,to find out what pattern of bloodstains appear when a body wrapped in a sheet is dragged upstairs,” he said.