The mobile of Arushi that had not been recovered so far was considered to be a prime object of evidence. Many stories of its being broken, destroyed and being swept away in the nearby nullah were circulated by various investigative police officers but were far from the truth. Now, the said mobile instrument has suddenly surfaced in Bulandshahar, a town in Uttar pradesh and is in possession of one Ram Phool, a guard in a bank. The possessor of the mobile has been taken into custody for interrogation.

Dr Nupur Talwar and Dr Rajesh Talwar, parents of the murdered girl, Arushi have expressed their satisfaction at the recovery of the mobile and feel that it will help clear the air of suspicion about their involvement in the murder. "Ishwar has answered my prayer," said Dr Nupur Talwar to a reporter of a TV channel who visited the parents to know their reaction to the new development in the now nearly dead case.

In the opinion of some legal luminaries who have been watching press and TV reports in a detached manner, the now recovered mobile instrument that changed many hands is not likely to yield much information of substance. A question is being asked “Äre the investigative agencies including the CBI flogging a dead horse?"Time alone will tell.