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India Aarushi Talwar murder trial begins | India Aarushi Talwar murder trial begins |
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The high-profile trial of a dentist couple accused of killing their teenage daughter Aarushi Talwar and a domestic helper, Hemraj, has opened in India . | |
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been charged with murder and destruction of evidence. Dr Rajesh Talwar was also charged with misleading investigators. | |
The couple deny all the charges. | |
The gruesome murders in an affluent Delhi suburb have gripped the Indian public. | |
The Central Bureau of Investigation, the country's federal police service, says circumstantial evidence points to the parents' involvement in Aarushi's death, but there is a lack of hard evidence. | The Central Bureau of Investigation, the country's federal police service, says circumstantial evidence points to the parents' involvement in Aarushi's death, but there is a lack of hard evidence. |
The Talwars have said they want the case re-investigated. They believe the agency has blamed them for the murders because it has not been able to find the real culprits. | |
But on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a petition by Nupur Talwar challenging her trial. | But on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a petition by Nupur Talwar challenging her trial. |
The judges also rejected her bail plea saying they were not "inclined to interfere in the trial court's order". She has been in jail since 30 April. | |
Aarushi, 14, was murdered in her bedroom at the family home in Noida district while her parents slept. | |
A day later, the bludgeoned body of Hemraj was found on the roof. | |
Aarushi's father was arrested and later freed. Three other men, Dr Talwar's dental assistant and two servants employed by the family's friends and neighbours, were also questioned and released. |