Hours after filing the chargesheet, Delhi Police on Tuesday disclosed the reason why Aaftab Amin Poonawala killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 24, 2023 18:37 IST
The Delhi Police has filed its 6,636-page chargesheet in the Shraddha Walker murder case.
By Arvind Ojha: Aaftab Amin Poonawala was angered by his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar going to meet her friend and became violent, which made him kill her, the Delhi Police has said.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a 6,636-page chargesheet against Aaftab Poonawala in Delhi’s Saket court. According to the police, Shraddha went to Gurugram to meet her friend on May 17. The next day, when she returned to their house, an argument broke out between the couple over her visit, following which Aaftab, in a fit of rage, killed her.
Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the accused, objected to the chargesheet being given to his present lawyer, saying that he intends to change his legal representative.
The chargesheet in the case purportedly involves a mix of forensic and electronic evidence, along with 100 testimonies. Aaftab was presented to the court through video conferencing. His judicial custody has been extended till February 7.
SHRADDHA WALKAR MURDER CASE
Aaftab Poonawala confessed before the police about strangling his live-in partner Shraddha and cutting her body into 35 pieces. He kept the body pieces in a fridge at his residence in Mehrauli in South Delhi in May last year, before dumping them in a jungle over several days.
Bones recovered from the forests of Chhatarpur and the DNA report which confirmed that the bones belonged to Shraddha Walkar will form part of the charge sheet. Two DNA reports had confirmed that bones retrieved from forests in South Delhi belong to Walkar.
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