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Nupur Talwar, the wife of dentist Rajesh Talwar, arrested on
Friday for allegedly killing his daughter and domestic help, claimed on
Saturday that he was totally innocent and she would fight his battle
for justice and not sit quiet.
She also denied there were any illicit relations
between her husband and Anita Durrani, a dental surgeon, which the
police said was one of the reasons for the twin murder.
"Even after all this, I can say it has nothing to do with this. There is no such thing," she told a TV news channel.
Coming out in strong defence of her husband, Nupur
said, "with all my conviction I can say it (Rajesh killing Arushi)
can't be the way it is suggested (by the police). He was a doting
father. It is doubly untrue. In fact I used to feel that I had done
something good in the past to be part of such a wonderful family. I
have faith in the legal system and I have faith in God," she said.
Nupur, who is also a dentist, said she cannot
believe that her husband could be behind the murders. "It is not
possible, just not possible. The killer is out there somewhere. We will
have to fight it out in the court. The truth is there. The truth has to
come out."
Breaking her silence ever since the murder came to
light Friday last week, Nupur said they were a very close knit family
and on the night of the murder, the family had food and watched
television together like any other family before they went to sleep.
"I have been in the house. Is such a thing
possible? Do you think...can any mother sleep throughout...I think it
is beyond anybody's imagination. Utter nonsense, baseless nonsense.
They (police) can say whatever they want. I know it is not true. God
knows it is not true," she said.
Asked as a mother can she be part of a cover-up to
save the husband from law, she said "would any mother do that? Then I
don't think she is a mother. She is not a human being. She is an
animal. Even a father would not do it."
To a question about the police charge of
extra-marital relationship between Rajesh and Anita Durrani, she said,
Dr Durrani was like an extended family.
"I have known her since Arushi was born. Her
daughter may be six months older than Arushi. Her daughter and my
daughter were like sisters. Whenever we have had medical problems, her
husband (Praful) would come and give medicines for Arushi. Even when
Rajesh gets asthmatic attack, the first to be called would be Praful.
In fact, we never had a family doctor. Praful was our doctor," she said.
On domestic servant Hemraj, who the police claimed
had developed a relationship with Arushi, Nupur said he was a person
whom she had trusted.
"He was 45 years, turning grey, an elderly person,
who had sons and grand child. I never had any problems with him. Even
on the day of murder, he had told me how happy he was that Arushi had
eaten for the first time 'palak paneer' (spinach and cheese).
"He had cared for her," she said and denied suggestions of an intimate relationship between Hemraj and Arushi.
"It is not true at all. We knew everything about Arushi, she also went through what teenagers normally go through," she said.
Nupur said Rajesh never uttered a word to Arushi
and whatever he wanted to say, he always conveyed it through her. "It
(Arushi's murder by him) is not possible. I know Rajesh. He had a lot
of patience. He was one of the most gentle souls. It is unimaginable. I
hope the person (murderer) would be caught," she said.
Asked about who could be the killer, she said she
had no idea. "First when the murder came to light, first I thought that
it was the servant. But when his body was recovered, then I thought
probably it was some enmity the servant had with someone."
Recalling the night before Arushi was murdered,
Nupur said Rajesh had bought a camera for the girl's 14th birthday
(which incidentally is on Saturday) and both of them took it to her
room. She wanted to give it to Arushi on the same day but Rajesh wanted
to wait till birthday.
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