The Arushi Hemraj murder mystery continues - Do we really want to know the truth?

Will this murder ever get solved or do we really want to know the truth? Already having received the biggest media attention the Arushi Talwar murder case is hard to make believe whether we will really know the truth ever. Or as many parents like me don't want the real truth to come out with the greatest panic & fear of one truth that could shake up the entire society and the possible impact it could have on many parents like me and their lovely children. The parents of Arushi Talwar every time on TV has one thing to say "we have lost our child". Even yesterday Rajesh Talwar was crying and saying the same in front of the TV reporter. Do they imply that by losing our child we have faced the Lord's justice so why punish us again? Does the court and law allow for humanity or look at the reality? The Talwars’ family friend from London (Patrick) commented on The Buck Stops Here at NDTV that this case needs to be looked into humanely. All these somewhere and somehow give us some impression that where the Talwar family wants this to lead to. As ordinary citizens we will look at the several questions that remain unanswered that night. 1.      A closed compact apartment of about 1,100 sq. ft. with one entrance to the terrace from inside the house. 2.      Four people inside the house that fateful night. 3.      One terrace that too locked. 4.      Parents sleeping in one room, daughter in another. Not certain whether Hemraj normally used to sleep inside the home or what. Understand his room is also accessible from inside the apartment. 5.      Main entrance door locked from inside. Do we really need a Agatha Christie here to solve this mystery? Sadly we don’t have one Agatha Christie in India. Or does anything else need to get proven against any of the four inside the house or are we all getting untold about some more. Now only two of the four survive. Yes for sure there could be several unheard truth and only known to the parents. All said what goes unpardonable against Arushi’s parents is how they could allow a male servant with a 14 year old at home alone while the parents were outside doing their professional duties as Doctors. Weren’t they responsible parents as they show they are now? How on earth could they have allowed this? How many of us will do the same let’s ask ourselves? Am sure many have changed their ways of thinking after the murder. We get scared now if the daughter sleeps alone in a separate room inside the house even. I know many such parents now. Look at the unanswered questions (courtesy TOI, 10th Feb, '11) 1.      Why were the first two investigating officers of Noida police, who played vital role in initial investigation, not cited as witnesses by CBI? 2.      Why did the bureau overlook the result of narco-analysis of the servants and call it unreliable? 3.      What is the explanation for conflicting theories given by the two CBI teams? 4.      Why has CBI not been able to establish the nature of murder weapon? 5.      After claiming earlier that Aarushi was not raped, why did CBI mention in the closure report that parents influenced the doctor not to mention rape in postmortem proceedings? 6.      Why did CBI not ascertain identity of the person who answered Hemraj's phone when Nupur Talwar called on his number the morning following the murder? 7.      Why did CBI not investigate how many hands Aarushi's phone changed in the past one year when it was missing? 8.      Why did CBI not investigate the shoe print found on the terrace near the door? Some questions investigators want answered. 1.      What, according to them, could have happened which led to the crime on that fateful night? 2.      The CBI claimed that the house where the crime took place was neither accessed by anyone from outside, nor had any of the occupants supposedly left till the information about the crime became public. How will they explain this? 3.      The Talwars, breaking news about the murder, had said ... "Look what Hemraj has done".... Why did the parents suspect Hemraj to be the killer when no one entered or left the house when the access was locked from inside and they were the only ones who had the keys? 4.      How will they explain the fact mentioned in Aarushi's autopsy report that efforts were made to clean the victim's vital parts? 5.      It has been established that an electronic equipment in the house was switched on and off more than a couple of times between 3am and 6am - more than three hours after the murder. Who could have operated that according to the Talwars? 6.      Talwars themselves suggested that the terrace must be searched for the sake of evidence which led to the recovery of Hemraj's body. Why did the Talwars refuse to recognize the body as that of Hemraj? 7.      On the day the crime took place, the Talwars on record, refused to be in possession of the keys for the lock hanging from the terrace door. By then, Hemraj's body had not been detected. How did they later provide investigators with the same keys?

"There are at least three such witnesses who have shared some relevant and significant information related to the crime and that information has been found to be true," said a member of the CBI probe team.

This case was at the height of media attention when the murders actually happened. Having spoken to many parents they all confess that they used be so embarrassed at the time when the murder actually happened so much so that every time the news came on TV they would look other way so as not to catch attention of their children. I must confess am one such parent. Also having spoken to several parents I am sure many want the real truth to remain a close secret fearing the worst truth that the parents were involved in the murder or even post murder. What impact it will have on our society? Will we all be the same again when facing our children at any time of disagreement with them? But at the same time many parents really feel let the real truth come out. May be the Talwars are actually innocent. If so, then it must be one of India's unresolved murder mysteries.

As the Talwars appear on court from 28th February and while the World Cup in India is on full swing and all media attention there am sure this case will still receive the high degree media attention. Who knows what we are likely to hear then? The question remains do we really want to hear the truth? We are many a scared lot of parents must confess!

May the good Lord rest the souls of Arushi & Hemraj at peace!