Dentist Rajesh Talwar, a co- accused in the murder of his teenaged daughter Aarushi, today claimed he was asleep on the night of the crime, refuting charges by CBI that recurrent internet activity from his room indicated he was awake.
Talwar's statement is being recorded under section 313 of CrPC where Special CBI Judge Shyam Lal put forth questions directly to him giving him a chance to explain circumstances and evidence against him. Rajesh's wife is a co-accused in the twin murders of Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Lal posed 223 questions before Talwar during the two-and-a-half hour long hearing carried out in two sessions here. With today's proceedings, Talwar has answered 411 questions put forth by the judge.
The judge asked about the recurrent internet activity recorded from his router on the night of May 15, 2008 when the murders took place to which he replied he was asleep after 11.30 pm and did not use internet, Talwar's lawyer Manoj Sisodia told reporters.
CBI had claimed he had used the internet at regular intervals which show he was awake and knew about happenings in Aarushi's room.
"He also disagreed with the findings of Dr Sunil Dohre who carried out post-mortem of Aarushi Talwar wherein he had claimed that her throat was slit using a sharp edged weapon like a scalpel," Sisodia said.
He also rejected claims made by the forensic expert Dr Naresh Raj who had claimed before the court that swollen private parts of Hemraj indicated that the he was having sex or about to indulge in it just before his death.
