Aarushi-Hemraj murder: SC allows plea challenging Talwars' acquittal
New Delhi, Mar 19 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday admitted two petitions challenging the acquittal of doctor-couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the murder of their daughter, Aarushi, and domestic help, Hemraj, media reports said.
While one petition was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which was in charge of the case, the other was filed by Hemraj's wife.
The CBI in their petition said the clean chit to Talwars was wrong, media reports said.
Hemraj's wife had called the recent Allahabad high court verdict, which acquitted the Talwars, as “erroneous”.
She had sought a fresh probe in the case.
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who were convicted with the charges of murdering their daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, were acquitted by the high court in October last year.
The couple was jailed in 2013.
Aarushi was found murdered at her residence on May 16, 2008, which led to the suspicion that domestic help Hemraj had killed her.
However, a day after Aarushi;s murder, Hemraj was found dead in the terrace.
In 2009, the CBI had handed over the murder case to a new team and suggested a closure of it.
The CBI had suspected Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar to commit the double murders based on circumstantial evidence, though the CBI did not convict him due to lack of proper evidence.
However, the court rejected the CBI's claim of lack of evidence.
In 2013, the court convicted Aarushi's parents and sentenced the couple to life imprisonment.
The sensational murder case, which shook the nation, drawn diverse opinions from different sections of the society.
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