Not much has progressed on the case so far. The murder weapon has not been found, nor the mobile phones of Aarushi and Hemraj. A senior CBI officer clammed up when asked if the agency has any evidence to pin on the suspects. He would not say either if the CBI has set any deadline to file the chargesheet. It has already missed the initial date of September 10.

Sources also said no CBI team has visited Nepal so far. Naresh Yadav said: “Rajkumar keeps calling me from Nepal. No CBI officer has contacted him yet. Rajkumar is ready to come to India whenever called.”

Arushi Talwar, the 14-year-old daughter of doctor couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was found dead in their Jalvayu Vihar apartment in Noida on the morning of May 16. The initial suspect was the family help but that theory fell flat when Hemraj’s body was discovered on the apartment’s terrace the next day. Rajesh Talwar was earlier the prime suspect but the CBI let him go on July 11 — unable to find any evidence that would have linked him to the murders.

The CBI then arrested the three helps Rajkumar, Krishna and Vijay Mandal. Krishna worked as a compounder in the Talwar clinic, Rajkumar was employed by their family friends doctors Praful and Anita Durrani, and Mandal worked in the locality.