A neighbour of Talwars today told a CBI court hearing theAarushi-Hemraj case that he never saw the door of their terrace locked and thecouple's driver had twice come to take keys of his terrace on the day thegirl's murder came to light, saying their own key was misplaced.
Puneesh Rai Tandon, who lives on the right side of Talwars'L-32 house and was today fielded by the CBI, stated in the special CBI trialcourt here that he never saw the door of the terrace closed at the residentialpremises of the Talwars at Noida where the twin murder had taken place.
He stated the door was closed on the day of the crime.
Aarushi was found murdered on May 16, 2008 in her bedroom,while the body of Hemraj, domestic help of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was foundthe next day on the terrace.
The defense counsel in his cross examination asked thewitness if he checked the terrace gate daily to which he replied in thenegative.
Defence counsel Manoj Shishodia asked the witness whether hehad checked the terrace door on 14 May and 15 May 2008, to which Tandon saidno.
Tandon is the sixth witness produced in the court today andseven more witnesses have to be examined as per the order of the Supreme Courtin the case and for consideration of bail for Nupur Talwar, who is an accusedin the murder case along with her husband.
Tandon, who went to Talwars' house at 6.15 AM after hearingcommotion, claimed that Aarushi's family had not informed the police till thenand he had called the security guard, Virendra Singh, of Jalviyu Vihar Sector25, Noida, and told him to inform the police about the murder.
Tandon also told the court that "the same day in theevening at about 4 O' clock, Umesh, driver of Rajesh Talwar came to me to takethe key of my flat's terrace. Umesh said that the key of L-32 terrace has beenmisplaced."
He said before the court that "I asked Umesh why did heneed the key of my terrace, at which he told me he wanted to throw away ice onthe terrace which was brought to keep the body of Aarushi.
"I went to the terrace and opened the lock and Umesh,with some more people, kept the ice at my terrace. Umesh again came to me at 4O? clock and asked me to open the door.
"I asked him why did he need the key again and again.
Umesh told me that the mattress and bed sheet have to bekept at the terrace because they had to clean the house.
"I again went there and opened the lock. Two to threepeople with Umesh kept the mattress covered with bed sheet dragging.
"I again locked the door and returned downstairs."
He also deposed before the court that "on May 17, 2008Anita Durrani, a friend of the Talwars came to me and asked for the duplicatekey of the terrace of L-32.
"I said that I did not have the duplicate key. After sometime, the driver of my neighbor came to me and told that the dead body ofHemraj was found on the terrace of L-32."
He also told the court that he gave a golf stick bag to Dr.Rajesh Talwar 8 to 9 years back. He identified the bag in the court.
On the day Aarushi's murder came to light, when he wentinside house, Nupur was sitting on a sofa while Rajesh was sitting in the bedroom, he said.
He told the court that her mother, "while weeping, toldme that Hemraj killed Aarushi and fled.
"Afterwards I entered Dr. Rajesh Talwar’s bed roomwhere he was weeping. I tried to console him by putting my hand on hisshoulders but Rajesh pushed my hands and went inside Aarushi's room.
"I also followed him to the room, where Dr Nupur Talwarwas sitting near the body of Aarushi and Rajesh sat at the feet of the body.Nupur was sitting silently."
The witness stated that he asked Nupur's father whether hehad called the police at which he replied that their landline is out of orderand added that he would go to his house and call his son (brother of Nupur) whowas living in Dubai and then he left the house of the Talwars.
The witness stated that he also returned to his house afterthat and called the security guard to inform the police that in house numberL-32 some incident had occurred.
