On the night of 23 April 1992, at a bungalow in Jalan Turi, Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, an Indian-American family and their maid were attacked by their security guard.

The guard, who only began working for the family three days earlier, had led the police to the tank itself, and he was subsequently arrested for the murders, and Inspector Officer Sheridan Mohammad was put in charge of the investigations.

[6] After the completion of post-mortem examinations, the remains of the Talwar brothers were later taken back to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to be buried with final funeral rites.

[7] On 8 May 1992, the 25-year-old security guard Ariffin Agas, who came from Kuala Lipis, Pahang, was officially charged in court with the murders of the two Talwar brothers and their maid.

[8] The preliminary hearings concluded during that same month, after a magistrate's court ordered Ariffin to stand trial for all three charges of murder for the deaths of the Talwar brothers and Natalia.

[11] On 10 January 1994, 26-year-old Ariffin Agas stood trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for the murders of the Talwar brothers and Natalia Fernandes.

[17] Ariffin's lawyer K. Balaguru tried to raise doubts that the pathologist's reports were superficial and not properly made, an allegation which Dr Abdul Rahman denied.

[25][26] Wan Phen Martin, a neighbour of the Talwars, testified that she heard Suneeta, whom she befriended before, screaming for help and she also saw bloodstains at the house when she went to check the situation.

[27] Tay Su Lin, another neighbour of the Talwar family, similarly testified that she heard screams for help coming from the house at the time of the murders.

Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Idid, in accordance with the jury's verdict, convicted Ariffin as charged after agreeing with their findings, and sentenced him to death by hanging.

[39][40][41] In the judgement, Justice Syed Ahmad reiterated that this case should serve as an eye-opener for all security firms to check the emotional state of their charges and their criminal records, so as to ensure their aptitude and whether they qualified for the job.

[44][45] On 27 December 2002, ten years and six months after murdering the Talwar siblings and their maid, 35-year-old Ariffin Agas was hanged in Kajang Prison.