Doors were locked from inside in morning, claims Talwars' maid

Bharti Mandal, who was employed just six days before the shocking murder, in her deposition said that she reached the Talwars' house on May 16, 2008 at 6 o' clock in the morning.

Narrating the incident before the special CBI Judge S Lal, Bharti said that she kept on ringing the bell but no one responded.

After that when she was about to leave Nupur opened the inside wooden door and asked her the whereabout of her servant Hemraj.

Bharti replied that she did not know, at which Nupur told her that "he must have gone to bring milk from Mother Dairy."

The 35-year-old maid from West Bengal said that Nupur told her that "Hemraj must had locked the door from outside".

The wooden door and the iron door were in the same hook.

"Nupur also said that when Hemraj returned from the Mother Dairy, the doors will be opened. Till then you sit out side," Bharti told the court in her deposition.

Bharti said she also asked Nupur to hand over the key so that she could open the door from outside.

"Nupur asked me to go down and reach the balcony so that she could throw the key from upstairs," stated Bharti.

Bhatri also deposed before the court that when she reached the balcony, Nupur told her to go back and check whether the door was not locked, and only the bolt was latched, but Bharti wanted the key reasoning out that what if that door was locked from outside.

At which Nupur threw the "long key to me", said the maid.

Bharti returned to the main door and as she pushed it, it opened.

"After that I opened the bolt of the iron door and stood there. I saw Rajesh and Nupur Talwar crying. I thought some thief had entered the house. I asked the reason for their crying and Nupur asked me to come inside Aaruhi's room with her and I followed her," the maid said.

"As Nupur entered Aarushi's room, I stood at the door," she stated in the deposition. MORE