On the morning of May 16, 2008, Aarushi Talwar (May 24, 1993 - May 15, 2008), the 14-year-old daughter of a successful dentist couple, was found dead with her throat slit in her parents'home at Jalvayu Vihar in Noida, Uttar Pradesh

 As soon as CBI moved in to take over the case, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati promptly gave transfer orders to senior police officers that comprised part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that had previously been in charge of the investigation, including the Noida Senior Superintendent of Police, Satish Ganesh, and Meerut Inspector General, Gurdarshan Singh

In addition, the deputation of CBI officer Arun Kumar, formerly a member of the Uttar Pradesh Police, who was in charge of the investigation also ended in July, 2008.[1].



A retired Noida police officer, accompanying a relative of the Talwars, happened to visit the Talwars' home to express his condolences, and during his visit, detected blood stains on the stairs leading to the terrace of the flat. Following the trail of blood, Noida police detected the dead body of the missing domestic help, Hemraj, on the terrace. After a disorganised, long-drawn and completely bungled up investigation, the police finally arrested Dr. Rajesh Talwar, the father of the deceased girl, on May 23, 2008, charging him with having committed the double murder.

CBI investigators charged the Noida police with a shoddy investigation, which, it claimed, had resulted in the destruction of 90% of the evidence on the crime scene.
Aside from not capturing the finger prints on the whisky bottles in Hemraj's room, the police allowed the media to freely roam the crime scene rather than preventing access to the flat.

In addition, the police allowed doctors, not specifically trained in forensic pathology, to conduct the autopsies of Hemraj and Aarushi. While it is established procedure to lift fingerprints (of both murderers and victims) from the skin of the victims.[8] the doctors entrusted with the autopsies neglected to call forensic scientists to lift said fingerprints from the cadavers.

Sunil Dore for the Noida police

May 22, 2008
Family under suspicion; honor killing angle probed; police quiz Aarushi's close friend, whom she spoke to 688 times in the 45 days preceding her murder


Jalvayu Vihar, Noida, where Krishna used to live.CBI team had seized some clothing and other materials for forensic examination. Rajkumar, the Nepalese domestic help of the Duranis, was subjected to polygraph test at CFSL, Delhi.

June 20, 2008
Lie detection test of Dr. Rajesh Talwar conducted at CFSL, Delhi.

June 23, 2008
Krishna arrested by CBI on June 13, 2008 produced before the special magistrate, CBI courts, Ghaziabad. After completion of 6 days police custody given on June 17, 2008, CBI requested for further custody of Krishna for 4 days for further interrogation and recovery of weapon. The magistrate passed an order extending his further police custody for 4 days. He was to be produced before the Court on June 27, 2008.

June 25, 2008
Second lie detection test was conducted on Dr. Nupur Talwar. Her first lie detection test was found inconclusive.

The Talwars' family friends Duranis' Nepalese domestic help Rajkumar arrested on the suspicion of involvement in the murder. Some washed T-shirts with faint human blood stains seized and sent for DNA matching. However, the Duranis (doctors themselves) maintained that the stains could be from the boils that Rajkumar had on his body. Rajkumar had already been subjected to polygraph test, psychological assessment, brain mapping and narco analysis at FSL, Gandhinagar from June 23 to June 26, 2008.

June 30, 2008
Krishna's lawyer approached a Ghaziabad court for his bail. However, it was refused because the court that was approached did not have sufficient powers in this case. CBI joint director Arun Kumar who was in charge of the investigation received a letter from Uttar Pradesh government for recall to his original cadre in Uttar Pradesh.

June 31, 2008 A leading news channel AAJ TAK,aired a news through their two journalists SHIVENDRA SRIVASTAVA and TANSEEM HAIDER, claiming that VIJAY MANDAL a new face, is also involved in noida double murder. This was the most authentic details which was aired till date. a very long show detailing step by step information about the incident. finally on July 11 CBI accepted same theory in NOIDA DOUBLE MURDER case

July 6, 2008
A major English daily [9] revealed that, apparently, on the night the murders were committed, the dentist couple Dr. Rajesh and Dr. Nupur left their flat around midnight and came back around 5 AM. They went to a high society party for which some 12 suites were booked in a posh South Delhi hotel.July 7, 2008
CBI came out with an official statement on their site, stating, "A section of media has reported quoting CBI sources that Dr. Rajesh Talwar and Dr. Nupur Talwar were not present in their house on the night of 15th May, 2008 and more than a dozen rooms were booked in a hotel in Delhi. It is clarified that the news item is speculative and not true. Investigation of the case is progressing diligently." Earlier, Dr. Nupur Talwar went to the CBI headquarters and refuted the allegations regarding their absence on the night of the murders. She also expressed her intentions to take legal action against the media house. However, some other TV channels debated the merits of her and CBI's affirmations in the light of glaring gaps in the Talwars' story


July 11, 2008 CBI just has forensic evidence which is not admissible as evidence in the court. Still, there is no recovery of the weapon of murder and the two cellphones respectively of Aarushi and Hemraj.

July 12, 2008
Dr. Rajesh Talwar has been freed on bail from the Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad

July 16, 2008
An association of Nepalese citizens alleged that Krishna and Rajkumar were being pressurized to come out with confessional statements


“While the CBI conducted narco analysis tests of Krishna and Rajkumar they did not conduct similar tests on Dr Rajesh Talwar,” said Girdharilal, president of the association.

July 18, 2008
CBI has not seized any evidence and is yet to receive crucial forensic report on accused Rajkumar, according to media reports. It has weakened of the case against the three in the CBI net — Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal.

according to media reports [13], suggested that identifying the blood on the T-shirt "may or may not be possible"; separating DNA from garment after a lapse of two months is not always possible, because of the disintegration of the red blood cells on the cloth.

July 22, 2008
A bench comprising of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Markandey Katju of the supreme court of India

August 9, 2008
CBI director Ashwani Kumar

September 4, 2009

The Central Forensic Laboratory in Hyderabad released an information that Aarushi's vaginal samples were substituted with those of an unknown woman. The correct samples could have helped to establish who killed the teenager, and whether she was sexually assaulted before being stabbed.The clothes that Aarushi was found in were soaked in blood. But the forensic lab received clean clothes.

September 14, 2009
Delhi police recovered Aarushi's mobile phone in Bulandshahr. (ref) India TV news 16/7/09 [18]