ONCE THERE was a policeman in Uttar Pradesh called Gurdarshan Singh. Merrily did he sew salty strands into the story of Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj Banjade’s murders. Among other things, Singh claimed that Aarushi’s father Dr Rajesh Talwar committed the murders when “he found Aarushi and Hemraj in an objectionable, though not compromising, position”. Then there was the CBI’s closure report, which took Singh’s insinuation just a bit further and flatly quoted the UP Police as saying that Rajesh had found “his daughter in a compromising position with Hemraj”. And now there is the 9 February order from the special CBI court in Ghaziabad, which has accused not only Rajesh but also his wife Dr Nupur Talwar for the murders. Inch by inch, the ground has been slid out from under the parents’ feet.