Talwars: Hemraj misbehaved with Arushi,killed her

“When she (Arushi) resisted,they killed her. Hemraj was then killed on the roof by someone else,possibly one of his friends,” the counsel for Talwars told the court on Wednesday.

With the framing of charges in the case coming to an end,Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal will now give a verdict on the charges that the Talwar couple will face.

They are accused of killing Arushi and Hemraj in May 2008. The CBI has demanded that the Talwars face trial under IPC Sections 302 (murder),201(destruction of evidence) and 203 (giving false information).

Continuing their arguments from Tuesday,the counsel for Talwars produced in court a golf club,similar to what the CBI has claimed was the weapon used to strike Arushi and Hemraj. The counsel said the 8-cm wound on Arushi’s head could not possibly be caused by a gold club.

Against the CBI claim that there was no one else in the house at the time,the counsel said: “The CBI has said neither Rajesh nor Nupur Talwar left the home after the murder. But the mobile phones of both Arushi and Hemraj were not found at home,but at far away locations. If the mobile phones could leave the house,then how is it beyond doubt that other individuals did not take them away?” the counsel asked.

The Talwars’ counsel also raised doubts over CBI allegation of destruction of evidence. “If,as the CBI claimed,they were able to dispose of the mobile phones,they could have also disposed of the body of Hemraj. Also,if they wanted to destroy all the evidence,why would they let the mobile phones be?” In a 15-minute rebuttal,the counsel for the CBI said the golf club was “an exact match”.

R K Saini,senior prosecutor for the CBI,told the court,“They could not dispose of the body that night as they did not have access to a car. As normal practice,their driver Umesh came to their house at 9.50 pm to give the keys after parking it at Nupur’s parents house,as the Talwars did not have a garage. Further,while the defence counsel has claimed that Hemraj’s phone was found in Punjab,it is yet to be recovered.”