Aftab Poonawala met Shraddha Walkar on the dating app Bumble. Both came to Delhi from Mumbai after their parents objected to their relationship.
Aftab Poonawala met Shraddha Walkar on Bumble. Both came to Delhi from Mumbai after their parents objected to their relationship. The two often fought as she accused Aftab Poonawala of cheating on her.
On May 18, Aftab allegedly strangled Shraddha on May 18 after a fight over expenses and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-liter fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi.
He allegedly dumped the body parts in a nearby forest over 18 days, leaving home at 2 am every night.
In a major breakthrough, the police have assessed CCTV footage of October 18 in which Aaftab Poonawala is seen carrying a bag and it is suspected that he was going to dispose of the dismembered body parts of his girlfriend, Shraddha Walkar.
According to a News report, Aaftab can be seen making three rounds in the CCTV footage, and police suspect that he might be out with the bag to dispose of the body parts.
Reportedly, Aftab has admitted before the police that he was high on marijuana on the day he murdered Shraddha. As per sources in Delhi Police, Aftab Poonawala, during the questioning, confessed that he used to smoke weed, and marijuana and was a habitual drug consumer.
Aftab often assaulted Shraddha. "It started with some complications where beatings had begun. She shared it with her best friend. However, she continued to stay with him. She said that she wanted to leave him but she didn't," said her friend.
Mr. Shukla, who met Shraddha in college in 2015, said she feared for her life. "She (Shraddha) asked her childhood friend to rescue her or else she would be found dead," he said.
