No concrete evidence to nail KrishnaNo concrete evidence to nail Krishna

Date: 14 Jun 2008

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) landed itself in a soup after formally arresting Dr Rajesh Talwar’s compounder, Krishna Thapa, who had been in illegal detention of the Noida police and the agency for more than 10 days.The agency says Krishna knew about the murder of the 14-year-old girl. The CBI also says there could be three people, who might have killed the Delhi Public School girl.After conducting nacro and brain mapping tests, the CBI arrested Thapa for his involvement in the Arushi murder case. The agency, however, has no concrete evidence to nail Thapa in the case.A source in the CBI said, “Krishna is probably being arrested for destroying evidence but it seems unlikely that he could have been the killer.There are four witnesses to stand by Krishna to prove his alibi that he was in L-14, Noida Sector 25, and not at the Talwar’s residence, where Arushi and Hemraj were killed, at the time of the crime.Thapa’s niece Sunita Thapa said, “Krishna was with me till 10.30 pm. We walked from Noida Sector 18 and came home (L-14, Noida Sector 25) and then watched television. After that he went to sleep. There were four people, including my father who were sleeping in the room, at home.” Sunita also clarified that her father had got up twice or thrice in the night. “Krishna was with us till 7 am on May 16,” she said. Arushi and Hemraj were killed on May15-16 night at L-32, Noida Sector 25.The Noida police and then the CBI, however, subjected Thapa to intensive interrogation and grilling.Thapa had been in the police custody from May 16, the day of the murder. According to sources, Thapa was mentioned in the Noida police list of accused, who were grilled since the day of the murder. Thapa had been working at Dr Talwar’s clinic for last two years at Parsavnath Building.Thapa at the Noida Sector 20 police station had told MiD DAY, "I did not wanted to work with Talwar. I wanted to leave the job and I was planning to quit for quite a long time." However, he did not answered why he wanted this.Arun Kumar, the agency joint director and who is leading the investigation, said he would not reveal anything till the probe is on. F C Sharma, the advocate of Thapa, said the agency and the Noida police have framed the compounder.
In Krishna’s supportThere are four witnesses to stand by Krishna to prove his alibi that he was in L-14, Noida Sector 25, and not at the Talwar’s residence, where Arushi and Hemraj were killed, at the time of the crime.

Another CBI head rollsAuthor

: M K Tayal Date: 14 Jun 2008
Peeved over bad media coverage and leaks, agency chief asks the spokesman to proceed on long leave

Irked over leaks to the media in the Arushi murder case, Central Bureau of Investigation director Vijay Shanker packed off agency spokesperson G Mohanty from the plump post. The move came a day after three officials probing the double murder case were shifted on Thursday. Though the agency is yet to appoint another spokesperson, Mohanty has been sent on long leave and likely to report back on June 30. However, according to sources, Shanker has been peeved at the media coverage of the Arushi case, in which the CBI is being compared to the Noida police for messing up the sensational murder case.“The agency and the Noida police have been projected as highly incompetent organisations unable to crack the case, so the director had been unhappy with the investigation team for leaking information,” says an agency source. Mohanty was not available for comment on Saturday morning when MiD DAY tried to contact him on the developments in the Arushi case.According to sources, the agency is on the back foot in the case, as it had been in the Nithari case and several other cases. Earlier, the agency removed SCU 3 from the twin murder case and handed over the probe to the SCU 2, which is headed by DIG Alok Verma. It also removed DIG Zaki Ahmed, superintendent of police R S Dhankar and ASP T Balaji on Thursday for leaking information to the media and raising questions on the method of investigation by the sleuths.