CBI didn’t carry out a dummy test, says Rajesh Talwar
22 May 2013 6:07 PM IST
Dentist Rajesh Talwar, accused of killing his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemarj, told a special court here on Tuesday that the CBI did not carry out any dummy test at their Jalvayu Vihar residence where his daughter Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj were killed five years ago.
CBI investigator A G L Kaul, who led the second probe team in connection with the sensational murders, had claimed in his deposition as prosecution witness that he had carried out such a test in 2010, by putting a dummy in a sheet and dragging it to the roof with the help of two persons with normal body build.
The purpose of this exercise, purportedly carried out in the presence of forensic experts, was to ascertain whether the parents of the murdered teenager were capable of dragging a unconscious Hemraj to the terrace where he was allegedly killed by them, he had claimed.
While recording his statement under section 313 of the CrPC, before special CBI judge Shyam Lal, where the judge seeks clarifications from the accused on the witnesses and evidence presented against him, Talwar said no such test was conducted by the CBI.
Sources in the know of proceedings, however, claimed that the Talwars had left their residence of Jalvayu Vihar, the crime scene, immediately after the incident and have not been living there since so there was no question of test being conducted there.
The sources said the CBI had not presented any evidence on record to show that such a test was conducted and the only proof presented by the CBI is a statement of its investigator A G L Kaul and forensic expert Rajinder Singh.
In his statement before the court, Kaul had claimed that a dummy test was conducted for two reaons, to understand whether two persons of normal body build can wrap an adult's body and take it upstairs to the terrace and to ascertain pattern of bloodstains when such an act takes place.
The judge has so far asked 549 questions to Rajesh Talwar regarding the evidence and testimony presented by the CBI during the trial.
Talwar, who was visibly irritated with the media coverage, was seen arguing with camera persons who were present to capture the entry of the couple to the court premises.
The couple's petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking that statements of the then joint director CBI Arun Kumar, who led the first team to investigate the case and blamed the servants for the crime, and 13 others be recorded as court witnesses was dismissed on Tuesday.
Press is not allowed to enter the court when Talwar is being questioned as per the order of the special judge.
CBI investigator A G L Kaul, who led the second probe team in connection with the sensational murders, had claimed in his deposition as prosecution witness that he had carried out such a test in 2010, by putting a dummy in a sheet and dragging it to the roof with the help of two persons with normal body build.
The purpose of this exercise, purportedly carried out in the presence of forensic experts, was to ascertain whether the parents of the murdered teenager were capable of dragging a unconscious Hemraj to the terrace where he was allegedly killed by them, he had claimed.
While recording his statement under section 313 of the CrPC, before special CBI judge Shyam Lal, where the judge seeks clarifications from the accused on the witnesses and evidence presented against him, Talwar said no such test was conducted by the CBI.
Sources in the know of proceedings, however, claimed that the Talwars had left their residence of Jalvayu Vihar, the crime scene, immediately after the incident and have not been living there since so there was no question of test being conducted there.
The sources said the CBI had not presented any evidence on record to show that such a test was conducted and the only proof presented by the CBI is a statement of its investigator A G L Kaul and forensic expert Rajinder Singh.
In his statement before the court, Kaul had claimed that a dummy test was conducted for two reaons, to understand whether two persons of normal body build can wrap an adult's body and take it upstairs to the terrace and to ascertain pattern of bloodstains when such an act takes place.
The judge has so far asked 549 questions to Rajesh Talwar regarding the evidence and testimony presented by the CBI during the trial.
Talwar, who was visibly irritated with the media coverage, was seen arguing with camera persons who were present to capture the entry of the couple to the court premises.
The couple's petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking that statements of the then joint director CBI Arun Kumar, who led the first team to investigate the case and blamed the servants for the crime, and 13 others be recorded as court witnesses was dismissed on Tuesday.
Press is not allowed to enter the court when Talwar is being questioned as per the order of the special judge.
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