Report says lock of Aarushi’s room holds key

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that while “direct evidence” in the Aarushi murder case has been manipulated, there is strong “circumstantial evidence” against the slain girl’s father, Rajesh Talwar.

The CBI closure report, which may be examined by a Ghaziabad court on Monday, says that Aarushi’s parents were unable to explain the location of Aarushi’s room keys.

“Rajesh and Nupur had earlier stated that they used to lock Aarushi’s bedroom at night. The door of Aarushi’s bedroom had a lock which could be opened from the inside without a key, but once shut, it could not be opened from the outside without a key,” said the report, which stated that the parents could not explain whether they had closed the door at night and why they could not find the keys in the morning.

The CBI report also said that on May 16, 2008, when the UP police was busy investigating the scene of the murder, some friends of Dr Talwar, including Rajiv Kumar and Rohit Kochar, had noticed blood stains on the handle of building’s terrace door, which was locked.