Aftab Poonawala arrested by Delhi police read why
Aftab Poonawala was charged with murder in the death of Shraddha Walkar on Tuesday in a Delhi court. He’s also been charged with forcing evidence to vanish.
Extra Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar found prima facie evidence of a case against the defendants under IPC sections 302 (murder) as well as 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence). Aftab Poonawala has entered a not-guilty plea and requested a trial.
Poonwala allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, sawed her body into 35 pieces, and also stored them in a 300-litre refrigerator for many days before discarding them in various areas throughout the city.
The Delhi Police filed a 6,629-page chargesheet in the case in January. The chargesheet was submitted 75 days after the police began investigating in November last year.
Poonwala and Walkar, both from Mumbai, were in a relationship and also were planning to move to Delhi in May 2022.
When a friend notified Walkar’s dad that he hadn’t heard from her in nearly two months, the murder was discovered.
Walkar’s father contacted Mumbai Police in October after being unable to contact his daughter. The investigation by the Mumbai police led them to the couple’s rented flat in Chhattarpur Pahadi, south Delhi.
When 13 degraded body remains, mostly bone fragments, were returned at Poonawala’s request, a DNA match confirmed Shraddha Walkar’s murder.
Aftab Poonawala was arrested in November last year and is currently held in Delhi’s Tihar jail.
Get all the latest news of Saurashtra on Indian daily post.
