Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, sentenced to life imprisonment for the gory double murders, is earning `40 each a day at the Dasna Jail here, a prison official said Thursday.
The Talwars have been read out the jail rules: they cannot meet daily although their barracks are close to one another. They can meet once every week — just for 40 minutes. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been lodged in barracks 11 and 13 respectively. Rajesh Talwar has been allotted prisoner number 9,342 while Nupur’s number is 9,343. Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma said that husband-wife prisoners meet in the Dasna prison, located on the outskirts of Ghaziabad district, on Saturdays. “They would be allowed to meet for 40 minutes in the park situated inside the jail,” Sharma said. On Nov 25, a Special CBI Court convicted them for the May 2008 murders of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. They were upset and refused to have their dinner in Jail. With patience running thin, jail authorities issued an ultimatum: “Eat, or you will be breaking jail rules and chances of getting out of jail on good conduct will be adversely affected.”
All night, both Nupur and Rajesh were kept under close watch. “Neither of them slept for more than an hour. They kept staring into the distance. Officials kept trying to speak to them, but they kept very quiet, especially Nupur,” Sharma said.
They cooled down the next day, even though they were sentenced to life imprisonment, and took to work allotted at the prison. “They have been provided jail uniform, which they have to wear all the time,” said Sharma. “They have been allotted work as per their qualification.” Rajesh Talwar will work as a doctor and treat dental patients — and earn `40 a day. This would come to about `1,200 a month. Nupur Talwar has been assigned to teach the women and children — this is what she did during her last term in jail. She too will be paid `40 a day.