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Shraddha murder case: 3000-page chargesheet, 100 witnesses listed

January 22, 2023, 1:59 pm

According to police sources, the Delhi Police have drafted a 3000-page chargesheet against Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into 35 pieces with a saw-like object.

100 witnesses have been listed; forensics and electronic evidence have been made the basis of the chargesheet. It is likely to be submitted by January end.

The accused, Aftab Poonawalla, last year on May 18, strangled Shraddha Walkar to death in Delhi’s Chhatarpur area, then cut the body into several pieces. The police have also mentioned in the charge sheet that the bones recovered from the forests of Chhatarpur and their DNA report which confirmed that the bones belonged to Shraddha.

Apart from this, Aftab’s confession is also on the record, along with the narco test. Though, as per sources, these reports do not have much importance in the court. It is alleged that after chopping Shraddha’s body, Aaftab bought a refrigerator to preserve the chopped pieces before disposing of the remains at different locations in and around Delhi; at night-time over the next 18 days.

Sharddha murder case: Aftab Poonawala judicial custody extended for 14 days

January 10, 2023, 12:10 pm

In the Shraddha Walker murder case, the judicial custody of Aftab Poonawala has been extended by Saket court, Delhi on Tuesday for the next 14 days.

Meanwhile, accused Poonawala has urged to study some law books on which the court has also directed the authorities to provide him with warm clothes.

Earlier on 24 December a voice sample of Poonawala was obtained by Delhi Police and after which the Delhi court said in the case a fair investigation is required in the larger public interest.

“True, a fair trial is the right of the accused but it is also true that fair investigation is also required in the larger public interest as the offense cannot escape and crime cannot go unnoticed merely because the accused is not ready to aid in the investigation,” Metropolitan Magistrate Vijayshree Rathore of Saket court said.

“Thus, the application moved by the Investigating Officer (IO) seeking permission for a voice sampling test of the accused is allowed,” the court said.

Moreover, while giving the decision ‘Ritesh Sinha vs State UP’, the case was also referred by the court and said “judicial order compelling a person to give a sample of his voice is not violative of Fundamental Right to Privacy, under Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India”.

“It was further observed in the case that the Fundamental Right to Privacy cannot be construed as absolute and must bow down to compelling public interest,” the court stated.

The court also stated, “Even though the accused is not willing to give voice sample for voice sampling test, however, I am of the considered view that the accused can still be asked to give the voice sample to investigating agency for reaching the ends of the justice and also for a fair investigation.”

However, Aaftab killed her live-in partner Shraddha and in 35 pieces Aaftab chopped her body. Based on his confession he was arrested in November and on 9 December Aaftab was produced before a court via video conferencing and for 14 days his judicial custody was extended.

DNA of Shraddha’s father matches with bones recovered from forest

December 15, 2022, 3:21 pm

The Central Forensic Science Laboratory on Thursday confirmed that DNA found from South Delhi’s Mehrauli forest area has been matched from Shraddha Walkar’s father.

Meanwhile, the horrific incident is probed by senior officers. Shraddha Walker was murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala.

Earlier, the investigators were not able to ascertain the bones and blood samples from Aftab Poonawala’s Chhattarpur residence in south Delhi. But after the DNA report, the investigators will get great help to solve the investigation.

Moreover, Aaftab killed her live-in partner Shraddha and in 35 pieces Aaftab chopped her body. Based on his confession he was arrested in November and on 9 December Aaftab was produced before a court via video conferencing and for 14 days his judicial custody was extended.

“The forensics reports will be out soon. It will help us ascertain if it was Walkar whose bones we have collected or someone else. The DNA extracted from bones and blood samples need to be matched with Walker’s father’s and brother’s samples. Reports on murder weapons are also awaited and we will soon have a breakthrough,” an investigator said.

However, to find the truth police are gathering evidence through psycho-analysis tests, lie-detector, and narco-analysis tests.

“Based on his disclosures we are corroborating scientific evidence with a statement he gave to us. It will be instrumental to the case as his statement alone might not be admissible in court. Multiple teams are in process of collecting evidence that will eventually help us in filing a watertight charge sheet to take this case to conviction,” the officer stated.

Shradha murder case: Aaftab to appear in court proceedings through video-conferencing

December 9, 2022, 12:38 pm

The 14-day judicial detention of the accused Aftab was extended by Delhi’s Saket court on Friday.

Earlier, Aftab was in judicial custody for 13 days. After serving 13 days in judicial detention, he was produced before the court through videoconference on Friday.

Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, is currently detained in Tihar Jail on murder charges in connection with the death of his live-in partner Shraddha Walker.

The 28-year-old is currently being held in judicial custody for dismembering Shraddha’s body and keeping the chopped body pieces in a refrigerator before dumping them in the Chhatarpur jungles in south Delhi. Aaftab spends his free time planning his chess strategies, frequently alone himself but also occasionally with two other prisoners, according to the jail officials.

Aaftab is quite shrewd, and one of the case’s investigators even stated that a “new twist” could be anticipated.

Sources claim that Aaftab shares a cell with two other prisoners, who frequently play chess there.

Aaftab is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha by strangling her and dismembering her body into 35 pieces. Additionally, he is accused of chilling the cut body parts before dumping them in Gurugram and Delhi’s forests.

Aaftab, who admitted to killing Shraddha and dismembering her body into 35 pieces, was accused by the police of providing false information.

Aaftab was providing false information and deceiving the investigators, according to the Delhi Police’s testimony in court.

Aftab was triggered when Shraddha went to meet her Bumble date

December 7, 2022, 1:55 pm

In the most recent development in the Shraddha Walkar murder case in Delhi’s Mehrauli, the accused Aftab Poonawala admitted to the police during questioning that he was enraged as Shraddha allegedly went on a date on May 17, according to reports.

The authorities further verified this using Shraddha’s call details and the locations of her cell towers.

Shraddha had travelled to Gurugram, according to Aftab’s subsequent allegations, to meet a date she had found on the dating app Bumble. Shraddha returned to their Mehrauli apartment the following day, on May 18, in the late afternoon.

During the police interrogation, the accused further admitted that this allegedly started a dispute between the two before he strangled her to death.

The police had also contacted Bumble in an effort to learn more about Shraddha and her purported date. However, according to reports, the police have not yet revealed what was said in the response.

Aftab previously disclosed to the police that they were at odds and that he had dumped Shraddha. He had also stated that they were no longer living together as a couple and that they were instead living as flatmates in the rented apartment.

Aftab had planned a trip to Mumbai for May 19, but had to cancel it due to the murder he had just committed. He then bought some knives and scissors to dispose of the body. He used knives and scissors to slit her intestine before chopping off her hand and ankles.

Aftab claimed during the recent narco-analysis test that he visited a friend named Badri, whose home was close to the forested area, before having the idea to dump Shraddha’s body parts there. In the Chhatarpur Pahadi neighbourhood of south Delhi, Badri lived close to Aftab’s rental apartment.

According to police sources, Aftab admitted to conducting reconnaissance deep in the forest and finding locations where he could dispose of the victim’s body parts during the narco test. Aftab had seen the wooden area close to Badri’s home. Additionally, he looked online for remote locations where he could dispose of Shraddha’s cut body pieces.

Shraddha Murder case: Polygraph and Narco test responses same

December 2, 2022, 2:38 pm

The accused, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, took a polygraph and underwent a narco-analysis test; reportedly, neither revealed any new information, and he provided similar answers to the questions they asked about the case’s background.

Aaftab was completely cooperative during both his polygraph and narco tests, according to sources. It does not add any new information to the narrative, according to insiders, who noted that an early investigation revealed that he provided similar responses during both exams. Aaftab admitted during the tests that he had murdered Shradha and had dumped her body parts in the city’s forests.

The DNA report of Shradha Walkar is also anticipated next week, according to the police, who also stated that specific bones found in the forest so far will be examined and confirmed before doctors examine her and confirm her demise.

“The quantum and quality of specific bones will help doctors analyse and confirm whether Sharddha is actually dead or not,” said the senior official.
Police are yet to find the skull of Shradha and other remaining parts of the body, even as a search is going on for the same.
Police said, “We have enough evidence to prove Poonawala guilty and are awaiting digital footprints and evidence to correlate and connect the dots between the missing links so far.”

Police claimed to have found additional evidence, but it is currently confidential because it could jeopardise the ongoing investigation.

Aaftab gifted Shraddha Walkar’s ring to next girlfriend: Police

November 28, 2022, 7:21 pm

The murder case of Shraddha Walkar has frightening new information emerging every day. Authorities have now disclosed that after planning the horrific crime, the accused, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, gave Walkar’s ring to a different girlfriend.

The new information is related to Aaftab’s confession to the Delhi Police on November 14, in which he admitted to dismembering his live-in partner Shraddha and dumping the dismembered body parts in Delhi’s forested areas. He admitted to killing the 26-year-old after the two had argued, according to what he told the police. They met on a dating app and had been living together for more than two years.

The investigation revealed that Aaftab’s girlfriend, the one he was close to after Shraddha, was where Shraddha’s ring was found. Days after killing Shraddha, Aaftab had even called her to his apartment in Chhatarpur. When this girl arrived at Aaftab’s home, Shraddha’s body parts were lying on the floor and kept in the refrigerator.

The murder weapon used by Aaftab Amin Poonawala to kill Shraddha Walker and then cut her body into 35 pieces was found by Delhi Police on Monday. The change occurs a day after the accused was sentenced to 13 days of judicial detention. He is kept in barrack number 4, a private cell with no other convicts, in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.

Speaking to the media, Shraddha Walkar’s father expressed his desire for Aaftab to receive the death penalty.

“I want him to be hanged.”

He continued by saying that he would prefer for Aaftab to get a sentence that was harsher than the death penalty.

“Agar usne tukde tukde kiye hai, toh uske bhi tuke tukde ho. Phaasi dijiye, usse bura ho toh who karo (if Aaftab has chopped up my daughter’s body, then I want his body to be chopped too. If there is anything worse than a death sentence, then award that),” Shraddha’s father said.

Aaftab confesses in court to killing Shraddha in a “heat of the moment”

November 22, 2022, 11:50 am

Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the suspect in the murder of Shraddha Walkar, said in court in Delhi on Tuesday that he killed his lover in the “heat of the moment.”

Aftab Poonawala was brought before the Saket court through video conferencing in a special hearing on Tuesday, and the court extended his police custody for a further four days. After his five-day police detention period was through, Aaftab was brought before the Saket court.

“What happened, that happened in heat of the moment,” Aaftab told the court.

Aaftab additionally declared that he is aiding the probe. He also admitted to the court that he was having trouble remembering the incident.

In May of this year, the accused reportedly strangled and then dismembered the body of his live-in partner, Shraddha Walker.

Additionally, the Delhi Police filed a petition with a lower court, asking for authorization to test Poonawala’s polygraph.

Police had earlier claimed that Poonawala, who admitted to killing and dismembering his live-in partner, was giving false information.

The case was referred by Saket Court’s metropolitan magistrate, Aviral Shukla, to magistrate Vijayshree Rathore, who authorised a narcoanalysis test on Aftab.

In a previous court filing, Delhi Police claimed that Aftab was providing false information and deceiving the investigation.

The second scientific investigation that Delhi police sought to conduct on Aaftab was the request for a polygraph test.

The court mandated a narcotics test on Aaftab be performed by Rohini Forensic Science Laboratory within five days, on Thursday.

Additionally, a petition has been submitted to the Delhi High Court asking that the Central Bureau of Investigation take over the investigation into the death of Shraddha from the Delhi Police (CBI).

On the basis of Shraddha’s father’s accusation, the Delhi Police solved the six-month-old blind murder case and detained Aftab Amin Poonawalla.

Following their online dating encounter, Aftab and Shraddha moved in together at a Chhatarpur rental home. On November 10, Delhi police got a complaint from Shraddha’s father and filed a FIR.

After killing Shraddha on May 18, Aftab Poonawala began making plans to dispose of her body, according to the Delhi Police’s investigation.

shraddha murder case: Shraddha consulted doctor on Aftab’s anger issues

November 18, 2022, 7:12 pm

Shraddha Walkar, who was killed by her live-in partner, Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, in May, reportedly saw Dr. Pranav Kabra a month prior to the murder for help with anger management and violence issues.

The doctor claimed that Shraddha called him on the phone in February 2021 to discuss her live-in partner’s concerns with depression, aggression, and anger management.

Shraddha Walkar called Dr. Pranav, whose clinic is adjacent to the call centre where she formerly worked, and stated she had been suggested by Shreha Dhargalkar, a social worker.

“Since I had heard about Dhargalkar and her social work, I got the phone call and spoke to the patient. Normally, we do not answer calls of unknown patients or first time patients and request them to first visit the hospital and prepare their case papers,” Dr Kabra said.

“She asked me about her depression problems and about anger management and the violence issues of her boyfriend. I told her we do not consult or diagnose first-time patients on the phone, but since there was a COVID threat, she said she would not be able to visit the hospital personally. Further, Raksha Hospital was a designated COVID hospital at the time, and I told her we need to do a psychiatric evaluation and psychological tests for both – her boyfriend and herself,” he said.

“She was hesitant to come to the hospital for various reasons, but told me on the phone that her boyfriend Aaaftab got very violent even for minor reasons or small fights or misunderstandings between them, and she was worried that he might harm her or himself or both of them in one of his terrible anger bouts,” Dr Kabra said, adding that Walkar said her boyfriend was behaving very weirdly in the last few weeks and was always on the phone.

The physician advised Shraddha to make an appointment with him as soon as possible and to speak with a counsellor about the problems in the interim.

“I suggested she and her boyfriend do yoga and other deep breathing exercises and try to visit me personally as soon as possible. I also suggested she meet a counsellor and discuss the issue. However, she never came to visit me,” he added.

Shraddha murder case: crime scene turned into ‘tourist spot’

November 18, 2022, 5:18 pm

The entire nation is in disbelief after learning more graphic facts about Shraddha Walkar’s murder every day. The scene of the most well-known murder in the nation has become a “tourism spot,” with curious onlookers—mostly young schoolboys—visiting Aaftab’s home to get a peek inside his room.

Every day after school in this noisy neighborhood, students in uniform come to the crime scene, where dozens of reporters are waiting to broadcast the incident live and take reader input. Women and curious boys could be seen in the neighbourhood asking for directions to the lane where Aaftab and Shraddha resided.

The building is not guarded by police. Aaftab’s room window was open until two days ago, providing passersby with a clear view into his residence.

Kulbir Krishnan, a former member of the National Commission for the Protection of Children’s Rights and an IPS officer, told India Today that children should not be permitted near crime scenes since doing so could encourage bad behaviour. Such schoolboys are drawn to the structure out of pure morbid curiosity, he claimed, because the Shraddha murder case is always in the news.

According to psychologist Dr. Nimesh Desai, society should direct the youngsters’ growing interest in such crimes since it could have a negative effect on them. Additionally, families should adjust their conversations while having these kinds of chats in living rooms so that children can be sensitive about violence, gender, and abusive relationships.

Shraddha Murder case: Aftab blazed marijuana before killing says Police sources

November 18, 2022, 1:46 pm

Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the recently detained suspect in the horrifying Shraddha Walker murder case, reportedly admitted to using marijuana on the day of the murder, according to police sources.

According to Delhi police sources, the accused admitted to the police that he and Shraddha argued on May 18 about managing household costs and bringing some items from Mumbai to Delhi. According to the police, Aftab left his house after the argument, smoked a marijuana cigarette, and then came back.

“When he came back, Shraddha started yelling at him again. Following which, he got furious and strangled her so violently that she stopped breathing,” the police sources said.

“The victim was strangled to death between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., and the accused, Aftab, sat next to her body the whole night and smoked marijuana,” they said.

According to reports, the accused has admitted to having a marijuana addiction and said he dumped some body parts in Dehradun as well.

However, the official stated that the police are looking into the issue from all angles and suggested that the accused may have released this information to trick the authorities.

The accused’s cutting tool has not yet been discovered by the police. According to the sources, the items that were recovered from the house have been sent for forensic analysis.

On Thursday, after five days of custody, the accused, Aftab Amin Poonawala, was brought before a Delhi court via video conference.

Shraddha murder case: Shraddha’s father confident of getting justice after Delhi Police gets lead

November 17, 2022, 12:35 pm

“I feel I’m about to get justice”: Shraddha’s father after Delhi Police get leads

Shraddha Walker’s father on Thursday expressed his sorrow over the murder of his daughter. He said he had forbidden her from being in a relationship with Aftab , her boyfriend, however she did not listen to him.

According to her father, Vikas Madan Walker, Shraddha considered Aftab a right man for her, which is why she did not listen to him when he advised her to not be in a relationship with him. Victim’s father showed his faith in Delhi Police and said he is confident of getting justice after the Delhi Police is diving deep into the investigation.

“Delhi Police realised that Aftab sometimes lies and sometimes speaks the truth. So, they applied for the Narco test. I feel I’m about to get justice. He should be hanged,” he said.

“I have been feeling since the beginning that Aftab has been lying all along. I said this firstly to Mumbai Police and then to Delhi Police. He confessed right away, I doubted even this. He was confusing us with his lies. I told the Mumbai Police repeatedly but I don’t know why did they believe that he was telling the truth. Mumbai Police was working according to him. I could not argue much. It is their system,” he said.

Aftab committed the murder on 18^th May and the Police resolved the case in mid November. The father of the victim doubted that Aftab would have erased all the evidences during the six months after committing the murder.

“He has a vicious mind which has erased all the evidence in 5-6 months. So, the police will have a problem bringing out the truth. I did not think initially that Aftab could do something like this. However, I had still forbidden Shraddha from having any relationship with him, but she did not listen to me. She considered Aftab right,” he said.
“I will not rest until he is hanged,” the father added.

Shraddha’s father, Vikas Walker said, “I suspect love jihad. We demand that Aftab be sentenced to death. I have faith in the Delhi Police as the investigation is moving in the right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle and didn’t talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the first complaint in the case at Vasai (Mumbai).”

“I had spoken to Shraddha last in 2021. I would ask her to tell me more about her live-in partner. But she didn’t say much. I did not know she had shifted to Delhi. Her friend told me she was in Delhi. I thought that she was in Bengaluru. Aftab had a lot of time to remove all the evidence,” Shraddha’s father said.