NO END IN SIGHT TO MURDER MYSTERY
Dentist couple, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were acquitted of the murder of their daughter, Aarushi, and domestic help, Hemraj by Allahabad HC
2008
May 16 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar found murdered inside the family’s L-32 Jalvayu Vihar residence in Noida; body of domestic help Hemraj found on terrace on May 17, 2008
May 23 Aarushi’s father Rajesh Talwar arrested
June 14 Talwar’s compounder Krishna Thadarai arrested
June 22: Raj Kumar — domestic help of Durranis, family friends of Talwars — arrested
June 11: Domestic help Vijay Mandal held. Rajesh released from Dasna jail
September: Raj Kumar, Krishna and Vijay Mandal granted bail
2010
December 29: SIT files closure report and lets off three domestic helps
2011
February 9: Special Judicial Magistrate Priti Singh takes cognizance of closure report and summons Talwars as accused
2012
January 6: Talwars move Allahabad HC and SC against summons, apex court orders resumption of trial
April 30: Nupur surrenders before CBI court on SC directions, denied bail, sent to Dasna jail
September 25: Nupur released from jail
May 25: Charges framed against Talwars for murder and destruction of evidence; Rajesh additionally charged with lodging misleading FIR
2013
November 25: Special CBI judge Shyam Lal holds the Talwar couple guilty on all charges
November 26: Rajesh and Nupur Talwar sentenced to life in prison by the special CBI court. Demand for capital sentence denied
2014
Jan 21: Talwars move the Allahabad High Court against the life sentence verdict by CBI court
2017
October 12: Allahabad High Court acquits Rajesh and Nupur Talwar