Aarushi

Seven years ago a teenage girl, Aarushi Talwar, was found murdered in her bedroom in Noida, a middle-class suburb of Delhi. The body of the prime suspect-the family servant, Hemraj-was discovered a day later. Who had committed the double murders, and why? Within weeks, Aarushi’s parents, the Talwars, were accused; four years later, they went on trial and were convicted.

But did they do it?

Avirook Sen attended the trial, accessed important documents and interviewed all the players-from Aarushi’s friends to Hemraj’s old boss, from the investigators to the forensic scientists-to write a meticulous and chilling book that reads like a thriller but also tells a story that is horrifyingly true. Aarushi is the definitive account of a sensational crime, and the investigation
and trial that followed. is the definitive account of a sensational crime, and the investigation and trial that followed.