New Delhi:
Who killed Aarushi Talwar? As part of its investigation, the CBI has asked a court for permission to run a narco-analysis test on her father, Rajesh Talwar.
Speaking to NDTV, Aarushi's mother, Nupur Talwar, pointed out that her husband has been put through a lie detector test earlier, and that "in the interest of justice for Aarushi, we are willing to undergo narco tests as many times as the CBI wants."
A Ghaizabad court will decide on Tuesday whether Talwar should undergo narco-analyis.
Eighteen months after 14-year-old Aarushi was found dead in her bedroom in Noida, the CBI is still trying to figure out who murdered the teenager. Hours after Aarushi's murder on May 15, 2008, her family's domestic help, Hemraj, was found dead on the terrace.
Eight days later, the Noida police arrested Aarushi's father, Rajesh, a dentist. He was released in July 2008, after investigating officials admitted there was no evidence against him.
The Noida police was accused of making so many mistakes, including arresting Talwar without any evidence, that the case was transferred to the CBI.
In June 2008, the CBI arrested three men, including Krishna, a helper at Talwar's dental clinic, for Aarushi's arrest. The other two men worked as domestic helpers in the Talwars' neighbourhood. However, three months later, all three men were granted bail when the CBI admitted it had no hard evidence against them. The CBI claimed that in narco-analyis tests, the men implicated themselves and each other, allegedly stating that they drank together at the Talwar home hours before Aarushi was killed. However, these narco-analysis tests are not admissible as evidence in court.