Aarushi family didn’t want rape probe: cop

K K Gautam, a former deputy superintendent of police and crucial witness in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case, has deposed before a special CBI court in Ghaziabad that he was pressured by Talwars' relatives to suppress the rape angle in the postmortem of the teenager. Gautam was the person who discovered the blood stains on the stairs at the Talwars' apartment, which lead to the recovery of Hemraj's dead body on the terrace. 

Gautam, during chief examination in the special court, revealed that the chairperson of the Noida Eye Hospital Sushil Chaudhry, a friend of the slain teenager's uncle Dinesh Talwar, had called him and requested him to conceal the rape angle in the postmortem report. However, he said that he refused to oblige Dinesh Talwar, the elder brother of Aarushi's father and accused Rajesh Talwar.

He further told the trial court that he was asked to ensure expeditious postmortem. Gautam is the first crucial witness out of the 13 who have been directed to depose before 17 September.

He said that Chaudhry also called him on 17 May 2008 and asked him to accompany to attend the condolence meeting for Aarushi. According to Gautam, they both attended the meeting, where Chaudhry introduced him to Dinesh. 'I asked Dinesh to show me the crime spot. He took me to the rooms of Aarushi and Hemraj and near the staircase, which led to the roof, he showed me blood stains on the staircase and its railing,' said Gautam.