India court rejects Aarushi mother plea to stop trial

The mystery of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar's death is one of India's most notorious unsolved murders

India's Supreme Court has rejected a petition by dentist Nupur Talwar challenging her trial in the 2008 twin murders of her daughter, Aarushi, and domestic help, Hemraj.

The judges also rejected her bail plea saying they were not "inclined to interfere in the trial court's order".

With this, the trial in the twin murders is due to begin on Friday.

Nupur Talwar and husband Rajesh, also a dentist, have been charged with murder and destruction of evidence.

Dr Rajesh Talwar has also been charged with misleading the investigations. The couple deny all the charges.

Nupur Talwar has been in jail since 30 April and all her bail petitions so far have been rejected by courts.

The Central Bureau of Investigation, the country's federal police service, says circumstantial evidence points to the parents' involvement in Aarushi's death, but there is a lack of hard evidence.

But the Talwars want the CBI to reinvestigate the case. They say the agency is blaming them for the murders since it has not been able to find the real killers.

The gruesome murders in an affluent Delhi suburb have generated huge interest in India.

Aarushi, 14, was murdered in her bedroom at the family home in Noida district while her parents slept.

A day later, the bludgeoned body of Hemraj was found on the roof.

Aarushi's father was arrested and later freed. Three other men, Dr Talwar's dental assistant and two servants employed by the family's friends and neighbours, were also questioned and released.