Aarushi case: CBI registers closure report, reprimanded

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Monday questioned why was the investigating agency in a hurry to file the close report of the sensational murder case of teenager Aarushi Talwar.

Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI) Preeti Singh came down heavily upon CBI counsel R.K Saini when he submitted the closure report before her.

“What was the hurry (in filing a closure report)? Where are the documents (annexures) of the closure report?” the magistrate asked.

In reply, Saini said: “Our process is that we file the closure report when a decision in this regard is taken.” Saini also said the CBI submitted the report in a hurry because it wanted to clear backlog.

The magistrate then registered the closure report and gave time to the investigating officer to also submit the annexures. The court is now expected to decide whether the case should be re-investigated.

The report was filed on December 29 after two-and-a-half years of investigation.

Rajesh and his wife Nupur, both dentists, have lashed out at the CBI for making ?false and baseless? allegations against them.

Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found murdered, with her throat slit, at the Talwar?s residence in Noida on the morning of May 16, 2008. The body of Hemraj, the Talwars? help, was found on the terrace the next day.