Is it too little, too late for Aarushi?

After the Delhi double murder, also known as Aarushi and Hemraj murder case, Delhi police has been under the scanner and rightly so. The delay in discovering Hemraj’s dead body and the fact that the body was not even discovered by the police but by a well-wisher of the Talwar family and the numerous laps that happened during the investigation, raises some serious doubts on the efficiency of our country police.

The case was murky from the start, and the initial doubts were on the servant Hemraj. The police had nearly proved him the murderer when his dead body too was discovered. The fact that the parents slept in the adjacent room while two murders took place in their house also raises doubts. But what about the justice to the dead? As the days pass and police continue their haphazard investigation the killer is at large. It is evident that the police by trying to frame the father are trying to cover their faults hurriedly.

The police theory of father killing the servant and daughter because she was against his affair with his colleague doesn’t hold water as it was a well-educated upper middle class family. Even if that were the case how would it matter if his daughter was against the affair? His daughter can’t be such an obstacle for his affair to flourish that her elimination was the only alternative left for him! It is irrational. Now with CBI investigating the case, I hope that the dead finally get justice.

A similar case had taken place in Mumbai, in 2000. A girl was found dead at her residence- she had been hit by a hammer. The police reacted in a similar fashion and said that the father had an affair with the house maid to which the daughter objected to and hence father killed the daughter! It resulted in a fight for justice for 5 years before the court dismissed the grounds on which the father was booked and proclaimed that he was innocent.

The police were directed to reinvestigate the case. The case was then handed over to CBI for investigation, however in the meantime 5 precious years were lost and the killer is still at large. With such a huge time lapse in the case the CBI has very few clues to move ahead on the case.

Gladly, with so much media attention the case has been moving faster and has now been handed over to CBI for investigation. I hope atleast in this case it is not too little too late!