Aarushi's Father Rajesh Talwar Attacked with Knife at Court

Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (NDTV): Aarushi Talwar's father, Rajesh, has been rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a young man with a knife at a Ghaziabad court.

Talwar was taken by his lawyers to hospital, his face was bleeding. His attacker has been arrested.

Talwar's 13-year-old daughter, Aarushi, was murdered in their home in Noida in May 2008. The family's domestic help, Hemraj, was discovered dead on the terrace a few hours later.

The CBI has been arguing in court that it should be allowed to close its investigation into the Aarushi case because it has not found enough evidence to charge anyone with her murder. However, the agency has listed Rajesh, a dentist, as its only suspect. Legal experts describe this as character assassination.

Rajesh, a dentist, was arrested a week after his daughter's death by the Noida police. He was released close to three months later after the CBI admitted it had no evidence against him.

Talwar was in court today to argue that the CBI should not abandon its investigation and that its conclusions are incorrect.

He, like his wife Nupur, has been put through brain-mapping and lie detector tests as part of the CBI's inquiry.