Aarushi Talwar's parents move Allahabad high court challenging CBI court order

The parents of Aarushi Talwar on Monday moved the Allahabad high court challenging a CBI court order passed earlier this month whereby they have been accused of the murder of their teenaged daughter and domestic help, Hemraj, three years ago.

The petition, filed by Aarushi's parents Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar, has challenged the CBI court order of February 9 whereby the couple have been accused of having murdered their daughter and the domestic help besides engaging in criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

According to the Talwars' counsel Gopal Chaturvedi, the petitioners have submitted that the CBI court had passed its order "without taking into consideration the objections submitted by us".

The case is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday, February 23.

Aarushi was found dead inside her Noida residence in May 2008 with her throat slit and the body of Hemraj was recovered later from the terrace.

The CBI, which was entrusted with the investigation in the case following an uproar over alleged shoddy probe by the Uttar Pradesh police, had recently submitted its closure report before the special CBI court at Ghaziabad wherein the Talwar couple were not not named as suspects.

However, the court decided to proceed with the trial against the couple observing that there was "enough evidence" against them.