TWISTS AND TURNS

Aarushi’s body found: The 14-year-old is found dead in her bedroom at the Talwars’ Jalvayu Vihar apartment on the night of May 15, 2008 Another body: Hemraj, who was from Nepal and was missing at the time, was the immediate suspect. A day later, his body was found on the apartment terrace

Police’s version: Rajesh Talwar murdered Aarushi and Hemraj after he found them in an “objectionable” position. The honour killing angle was denounced by Aarushi’s friends and even the National Women’s Commission

Police under fire: It was a huge embarrassment for the police when their “main suspect” turned up dead. Police were accused of shoddy investigation as they reportedly failed to collect crucial evidence and did not even seal the crime scene ‘Missing’ murder weapon:Rajesh’s golf clubs were considered as weapon though the first CBI team talked about a khukri, a Nepali knife Another botched probe: On May 31, 2008, CBI took over, exonerated the couple and pointed finger at Talwars’ assistant Krishna and domestic helps, Rajkumar and Vijay. But it failed to prove its case against the three. In 2009, CBI handed over probe to a new team headed by AGL Kaul

A book and a movie: Seven years after the murders, journalist

Avirook Sen’s book Aarushi once again thrust the case in the limelight. Sen’s account set the tone for the film Talvar, starring

Konkana Sen and Irrfan Khan

Trial: As per the case details, on May 15, Rajesh heard some noise from his daughter’s room and allegedly found Aarushi and Hemraj in an intimate position. He killed them with a golf club

Conviction: Talwars were sentenced to life by a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Nov 26, 2013. Legal experts questioned the verdict as the judge based the conviction on a chain of 26 circumstances. The couple later challenged their conviction in the Allahabad high court.