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Special school prayer for slain teen
A special prayer was held for murdered teen Aarushi Talwar at her school when it reopened yesterday even as her schoolmates and their parents seemed only too aware of the media attention on the case.
- IANS
- Published: 00:08 July 2, 2008
New Delhi: A special prayer was held for murdered teen Aarushi Talwar at her school when it reopened yesterday even as her schoolmates and their parents seemed only too aware of the media attention on the case.
Aarushi was a Class 9 student of the Delhi Public School (DPS) at Noida and the school had been closed for summer vacations when her murder was discovered May 16, shocking people, especially students and teachers.
The special prayer was held during the morning assembly. The school also observed a one-minute silence in her memory.
Aarushi was found dead in her Jalvayu Vihar apartment in suburban Noida. The Noida police initially named the Talwars' domestic aide Hemraj as the prime suspect but retracted the statement after his body was found on the terrace of the house the next day.
Two primary class students could be heard discussing the incident. But when asked about it, they refused to talk. Even parents who had come to drop their wards of at school would not talk to the press.
Simran, a Class 10 student who was more forthcoming, said; "Initially I was shocked by the news and so scared that I was not able to sleep alone.
"However, now - after so many weeks - I feel better. There should be counselling sessions for students. We all are waiting for the culprit to be caught."
Another Class 10 student, Abhinav, said: "When I first heard the news, I was very shocked that something of this kind had taken place involving my schoolmate." He too felt that students needed counselling to deal with the fear created by Aarushi's murder.
Some parents said their children were refusing to sleep with them because Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar is still a suspect in the case. One such parent who didn't wished to be named said: "I don't know what to do. My child now seems afraid of me."
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