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Directorate of Forensic Scienc,

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Arushi murdei case)

Your letter

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Please find enclosed herewith the crime-scene analysis (pages

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of the murder case in question. Kindly acknowledge

receipt.
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Enclosure :- As above.

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he murclei of Ms Arushi had allegedly come to 'the noticf of her .l parents (Mrs & Mr 'ralwar) at around 6 a.m. on 16/05/200g,
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clairncd to be unaware of the time at and thc circumstanccs i6 which Ms Arushi got murdcred,and belicved (on accouyrt of rhcir scrvant Mr

Ilcmraj being missing) thar to bc thc pcrpetration ortur. IlcnLraj.'t'hc dcacl hocly ol'Mr. tremraj was, however, found lying'on thc:ooliop ol' 'J -"thc flat
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on l7/0512008, with injuries very similar to those

that wcrc intlictcd on Ms. Amshi.

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lorm of- photograrihs, cP:, post-mortem rcpor-ts, .e.tc.) c perfcct substitute for the .real sitc-visit immediately after '. '
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lirTritations. 'l'o overcomc this di l-ficultv, rcliancc has to bc c,ircumstantial evidence as well.

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I'he photographs of the dead body of Ms Arushi clearly indicate that thc assassin(s) had inflicted head injury and had slit her ncck. 'fhe

post -mortcm report shows a laccrated wound on thc left side of thc . ..i . .i skull in the parictal rcgion, with a conesponding fracturc of thb skull. ;: 'l'he'other lacerated wound abovc her left cycbtow had caused injury cxtending inside the skull cavity. 'l'hcsc injurics on ,ti" vital pait of thc body werc apparently inflictcd with somc hard suf,stancc capablc. olcausrng an rmpact with cbnsiderable force. 't'hc inipact in thd instant
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break-up of the blood at thi.sourcc inlo small

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droplcts, causing a "forward impact-spattcr" as is evident t'fom thc

patlern formed by such droplets on the wall behind the hcadrest of Ms. Arushi's bed. The skull injuries eustaincd by thc dcccascC:and thc

snall droplcts constitutirig the impact

spattcr lead

to uncquivocal rf infliiting an

ahnost tbtal blow and thar the blows inflictcd. in this casc ;I ust havc
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'l'hc photographs also prove that thcre was no resistancc of scufflc 'ihc h""d bcforc the victim was immobilizcd or killed by her injuries.
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injurics as can be judged by their severity, could not havc lcft any scopc lbr resistance once the injurics were inflicted. 'fhus, another
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infcrcncc is that inflicting such severe hcad injuries-would.haijc lcd to j,. l 'the certain death of Ms. Arushi, even if no other*injury wc'rc to bc
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The photographs and the post-mortem repon reveaf that thc dcccascd
had an incised wound on'iier neck, inflictcd in onc

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very sharp edged weapori and damaging lcft car^ifa aflery.& thc
winclpipe.'lhis injury waSjalso equally fatal and thbie was;no,i:hance
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wcrc inclividually ehoughito cause her death, theni:appears to bc no

rcason for the assassin(s). to inflict both the injuries on Ms. Z\,rushi'

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assassin(s) hact caused two heavy blows on ihc skull

dclicatc adolesccnt that had let droplcts of blood to spatlcr c;n thc wall,
therc.could be no reason for him/them to slit her neck. Similar:ly, if the assassin(s) had

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him/theni to inflict two hard blows on her skull. Ilence, it appchrs that '.
thcrc has bccn Sijme alte4.hought that has progrpted:thc asshssin(s) to
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which weapon must have ,been uscd. first, it can be.said with alrsolutc
ccftainl.y that thc assassin(s) must havc first causccj thc hc,acl 'Frjuries . : : ': .,1, : il' Ms. Arushi. 'l'he reason is that thc breaching of thc carotid artcry

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that would have left a:ilrrui1" appeiuance of staining of thc wall adjaccnt to the headrest ofMs. Arushi's bed. 'thc #hol" of her pillow
would also have Ueen marljied with stains typical ofirterial sprlrts. 'I he

vcry tacts that therc are i'ro signs of artcrial spuits.and thai only that pari of the pillow is soatciit'ih blood which is closcrio her necl injury,
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Ms. Arushi's throat was'an act subscquent

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of geneihting arterial spurts in thc walie ol'breaching ol' carotid urr:jr- It is also pertinent to note that the tlriout of.Mr. Aurshi
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dcfinitcly slit whilc she was lying in thc bed. bccause rtic blood

that oozed out of that injury had not travcllcd anywhere bclow hcr shouldcrs. 'l'hc slitting of her throat from onc cncl to thc tthcr also
i;rdicatcs that thc injury was inflicted in a statc whcrcin [r,'ts;,,,\rushi
rvas in no physical condition to rcsist or.makc any violcnt nrevcmcnt

to prcvent the same. Since the slitting of her throit; thus, appcars to hn c taken place quite somc timc after shc was latally hit on hur skull,

this subsequent act appears to be a part of'the'.gam" pt*: of thc ,;, : assassin(s) ro nrake it appear to be a crimc committecl bv silmconc
who carric.s a sharp-edge.d weapon. 'l'o that cxtent, the scenc cl'crime in the bcdroom of Ms. Arushi may have becn ilrcssed up.

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has beerattcmptcd to projcctcd that Mr. Ile5nraj w4s alsaultccl .bc ind t itt".t on thc rooftop' of'the flat of 'l'alwars. 't,h" pr*r",-,.t of thc

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Mr- Ilcmraj haVing bccnlcaused

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Ms' assassin(s) had probably 6iu{e99ncd {r, Ilcqrraj i1.the rosrnqof in 4 htally Arushi only. I-Ie must h[te been shifted to thc

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injurcd condition (as the hcad injuries werc .grave,.as in thcicasc of Md. Arushi ) or ,"-ou"d'ifter he had succumbed tb;iiie samelon.the ilthcr hand, thcrc is'no imfacfspatter anywhcrc on'the rooftop-lterracc fl or walls) colresponding ib the hcad injurics cau1,{ -1: t: i1'"it1.l 'I'his conclfsively ,ules o,it the rooftop as the likely plaie of a$sault in

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thc cgntcxt of the head injuries sustained by Mr. Ilcmraj. Fhat Mr' conilition is Iler-r"rrcaj was brought/litlcd to the rooftop in an injurcd
whcrc also apparcnt from thc blbodstain near thc cnLry to thc tcrracc' : M.r. Ilcmraj must have ,bcen first placed aftcr bcing movcd [o thc

rooftop, and the trail of blood-<lrops whcn hc was bci:rg shiftccl where his throat.,appc4rs jto havc towards the air "onditi6nct, sqbsequently been stit. The pool of blood and 4bscncp o! artcrial ! 'spurts in bl6odstain pallErn ncar the air conditioqer on'. thq rooflop

:heart

' when his shows that his throat wasi$lit subseq peht to the hcad,injuries' had either stopped''or rendcred dysfunctional to a considerablc

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bnc have becn slit with an idqa to make it look likc S,murder by ,somc

at latc with whom the deceased iould be expcctcd to go to the rooltop to night. 'l'hc possibility of Mr. Hemraj having been physicallV;li[tcd
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. th9 sdmc near have bccn rcmoved from below his body aftcr placing ' ="slining his throat,'and th.at can explain thc thc.air con6itioner ancl aftbr

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an attcmpt appears

of Mrto <lrcss up the crime scehc with a view to isoratc ihe murd-er
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.Iiemrajtiomthafoftt,ls.Arushisoasto.on"eul'.thbactual r

9. lt is crysta! clear that the assassin(s) had causccl fatal inju"es to Ms' ' that and Arushi ancl therc was no chance of hcr survival- llaving lt"'i
(a9 is clear having assaultcd Mr. Flemraj as well in that vcry room there was no ' from thc Prcsenc( ) of his blood on Mr' Arushi's pillow)' body of Mf. Ilenn:aj to thc rcason- for the assassin($,io shift thc dead rooflop or tQ execute the'final act of slining his lhroat aftcridragging: i. to vanish after' finishing him ro the rooftop. lf thc assassin(s) werc donc', Mr. I.lemraj & Ms. Aruslii, as they are bcing claimed to havc
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roollop, thcrc was no reason for them to drag Mr. Ilcmraj's body;ln !" clughl n1i noliccd ancl thereby increase thc.'chanccs of their bcing to cqnccal ths can bc seen, thcre *us 4,dcfinitc and conscious cflort 'l'owards that:cncl, thc: fact uf trtr. I.lcmraj having been killcd.
vision lrom thc adjacent. assassin(s) had used a bed-sheet to block thc

coolcr and had roof, had covered tne acid body with a panel of the the assassin(s) kniw with lockcci thc door leading to:the terracc. whcn bc t:cvcaleo ccrrainty that the murdertpf Ms. Arushi would incviiably bc servcd by ibnccat'ingitnc futr ar thc daybreak, whal purhosc could f .i-. pf Mr.'Flcmraj?'It appi:ars that rcrnco4c of murcler ancl the aeaa blildy hls to bc veiy desperate to somehd;* avoid linking the two ifiurdcrs'
a plan of sccretdiSposal behind this movc. Anoth,{i possibility is that ol'thc dcad body of Mriilcmraj at a subscqucnt$oint

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objective bchindtihi, -unipulation. Since.tvtr' He1?aj Ms' (iurkha, could be expectel to huu" used 'khukhri' for pcrpctrating
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and conceaiing of Arushi,s murder, the slrtting of throat of Ms. Arushi sonrconc. wht: Mr. llcrnraj's clead body;.may have bccn planncd'.by. & Ms, ,happcncd to lose controlrover his angcr aftcr hc t'quncl {rushi thc dcad of nFht' Mr. Ilemraj together in the former's bedroom at : dimensions of injuries inttrictcd on 10.'l'he co-mmon/similar na!,lre and the common origin ni th"it asiassin(s)' '6"* ,n" i"""us"a \i "staUiish 'Ihis similarity also goesdo provc th1lthey wcrc thq.victims o{Similar
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angcrorgricvanceagaipstthcm..l.hatis.boththcdcrccascdwcfc plp",Fation tc probably grn of some trahsaction that was cnoughtilu '$runlity' .ssin(s) i" nttt both'of them u'ith cqual
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or Asccrtaining those "ir"urrturrces involves an an3lvsis !1t9nding,1 l i.,j

circumstatrccsandh.,manpsychology.'lhcfindi4gsotthqMcdical; ;i bocly of Ms' Officcr, who had conductcd the post-mortcm onlthc
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Arushi nccd speciFrc attention in that hcr hyrnen was ruptrrre"d and

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opening was l6und pror4inent. i

vaginat cavity. The phoib$raphs also indicatc thai'lier Pyjamfra.was

also not properly fastened.-'Ihe blanket is having a blood stain that

docsn't match with the ,iia of injury &, hcnce, apiehi! to har:L bccn
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shiftccl aftcrwards. Strangily enough, the vaginal smear, allpgclil to be

of ttrc dcceased Ms. Arusfti, failed the DNA test & hencc, nruit havc becn compromised./replaci:'d probabty with a view"to clsurc th"t no
male bioklgical fluid couid bc traccd to hcr.

All thcsc circurni-tanccs inclicatc thc possibility o'[ somconc intcrcstcd in thc honottrrof thc
girl and/or her family, bcing activc on this count. As far as
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human psychology is conccrned, I.rnding onc's adolescent dau$iter in

thc company of a domestic servant at the dcad of night in

bedroom, is a gravc provocation that can lead to an emotional ttpsurgc

bcyond human control and beyond rationality. 'l'hcre arc instanccs

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in circumstanccs wherein a domestic servant in found to bc involveci .

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obraincd from photographs & other limitcd facts, an jntcnsiv:" pi'obc that dircction is certainly warranted.
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strong reasons to rule out;ihe use of a golf club. A golf ciub

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it cbn leave a triangular cavity at the point of .,i:'ir impact on the skulll and it can cause an injury thatimatches fl4ttr ttre
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found inside thc house begause the assassin(s) must.have takentare to locatc all such chance c,q4tacts with walls & otbgl surfaces and to

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stainccl .tingcr prints w5Luld havc ccrtainly bccn,founiJiinrid" th*

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cleansing opcration must have been undertakcn aftcr thc incicleirt. It is also obvious that the assassin(s) must havc rcl.urncd downstairS to thc ;.'.'i. [Iat, bccausc if they were not to get back into the house, thcr could
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thel holrsc aftcr .a conccaling the dead bodl';ig1Mr. I{cmraj on the.rooftop, sliows that .=
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to 6i: a casc of murdcr by sori'ib assiissi$ts; alicr'

bcing enragcd/provokecl ai"somb scrious misconduct nn ,!.' p!r, of in" t: deceascd. 'l'hat unf6rtunaic evcnt led to .subsequent'icalizatirin:!y f[6r

of the gravity. of the crimc that got committcd land was fo-llowcd by a conscious. cffort to control / minimizc thc d.amagc 'legai as wcll as social. trn that proccss, thc samplc of vagirmi ,,-,i"ur.
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made to project the Gurkha domestic scrvant as the assassin, andl body

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to gain time or. to disposc that of at an oppcrtuirc

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.Attcrr"ldipg circ,umstahccs,and cvidcnci on rccord marrdatcs lha.t thosc

kccnly intcrcstcd in the ivinuosity and honour of"i Ms- .A.rusbi & thc 'ij ', i,. ,. i . 'l alwar family. could be :.:. i[siln6 this incidcnt thar qppear$ to?havc its :rolts sclrncwhcrc in an impropcr / immoral conduct of cithcior both'
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uscd to causc neck injurGs to the.deccased was qoticcd to t1c a very sharp-cdgcd weapon, and.the ready availability of.surgical couipmcnt

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