Shraddha murder case: Delhi Court sends Aftab to judicial custody
New Delhi , November 26: Delhi's Saket Court has sent Aftab Amin Poonawalla, accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, to judicial custody for 13 days.
Delhi Police is probing the Shraddha Walkar murder case in which she was strangulated to death by her live-in partner Aftab who then allegedly chopped her body into 35 pieces before dumping it in the Chhatarpur area of the national capital.
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Meanwhile, a narco test on Aftab is likely to be conducted on November 28, sources said on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, the Delhi Police confirmed that the polygraph test of Aftab could not be conducted.
Sagar Preet Hooda, Special CP (Law and Order) Delhi Police, said, "Polygraph test of the accused Aftab Amin in Mehrauli police station case FIR No 659/22 under section 365/302/201 IPC could not be held today".
Delhi Police has taken DNA samples of Shraddha's father Vikas Walkar on November 16, so that the dumped body parts and blood sample can be matched.
Delhi Police has also confirmed that during the course of the investigation, blood stains were found in the kitchen of accused Aftab Amin Poonawalla's flat in Delhi's Chhatarpur. The blood samples were sent for examination to ascertain whose blood it was.
The Delhi Police had earlier informed that the DNA test report of the victim's body has not been received by the police. "DNA test report (of victim's body parts) has not been received by the police", said Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS, Special Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Zone II.
Delhi Police claimed to solve the six-month-old blind murder case and arrested Aftab Amin Poonawalla on the basis of Shraddha's father's complaint. Delhi Police received a complaint from Shraddha's father and registered an FIR on November 10.
Aftab and Shraddha met on a dating site and later moved in together at a rented accommodation in Chhatarpur.
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Delhi Police interrogation revealed that Aftab killed Shraddha on May 18 and later started planning for disposing of her body. He told police that he had read about human anatomy so that it could help him in chopping off the body. Police said that Aftab, after searching in shopping mode Google, cleaned blood stains from the floor with some chemicals and disposed of stained clothes.
- ANI
