’My son is mentally unstable’

Father of Rajesh Talwar's attacker claims the culprit cannot be held responsible for his actions

'My son is mentally unstable'

Father of Rajesh Talwar's attacker claims the culprit cannot be held responsible for his actions

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"To me Utsav seems absolutely fine. He had planned the entire attack carefully. During interrogation, he told us that clearly which makes us believe that he is mentally sound. He is not at all repentant.

Caught in the ACT: Utsav Sharma, who attacked Rajesh Talwar, being
beaten up by advocates at the CBI court on Tuesday. Pic/Mid Day

He has also confessed that his next target would be an accused in the Varanasi blast," said senior official with Ghaziabad police.

Asked to comment about police's observation, SK Sharma retorted:u00a0 "Ghaziabad police chief is not a medical expert. We have everything to prove that Utsav is not mentally stable."

"Utsav was staying in Delhi and entered the court premises posing as a journalist. He had enquired from the reporters several times about Rajesh Talwar. He bought the butcher's knife from Delhi. We are interrogating him to know the purpose of his act," said Raghuveer Lal, SSP Ghaziabad.

"Being a fine arts student, he loved to sketch. He could be spotted in a comfortable place around the campus, sketching or taking photographs," said one of his college friends.

The Other Side

May 16, 2008: Aarushi Talwar-- daughter of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur - found dead with her throat slit in the bedroom of her flat in Noida. Domestic help Hemraj (Nepalese national) suspected of murder.
May 17: Hemraj's body found on the terrace of Talwar's house.
May 18: Police say murders done with surgical precision, insider job suspected.
May 19: Talwar's former Nepalese domestic help Vishnu Sharma named suspect.
May 21: Delhi Police join murder probe.
May 22: Family under suspicion, honour killing angle probed, the police quiz Aarushi's close friend whom she spoke to 688 times in the 45 days preceding her murder.
May 23: Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar arrested for the two murders.
June 1: CBI takes over the probe in the case.
June 13: Domestic help of Rajesh Talwar, Krishna, arrested by CBI.
June 20: Lie detection test of Rajesh Talwar conducted at CFSL, Delhi.
June 25: Second lie detection test conducted on Nupur Talwar. Her first lie detection test was found inconclusive.
June 26: CBI declares the case to be a "blind case". Rajesh Talwar refused bail by the special magistrate in Ghaziabad.
July 3: Supreme Court rejects a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case which challenged the administration of narco-analysis test on the accused in the case.
July 12: Rajesh Talwar freed on bail from Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad.
Jan 5, 2010: CBI moves court to conduct narco test on Talwar couple.
Dec 29: CBI gives up on the case with a closure report citing not enough evidence as the reason.