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  • Delhi murder: How accused Aaftab Poonawala kept Shraddha Walker’s murder a secret for months

    Delhi murder: How accused Aaftab Poonawala kept Shraddha Walker’s murder a secret for months

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    Delhi murder: The Delhi Police, which is probing the gruesome murder of Shraddha Walker allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala, has said Aaftab has confessed to killing her.  

    He also told police he didn’t speak Hindi and spoke only English. The police said Aaftab was a food blogger and also used to work at a call centre. The couple had frequent fights. 

    According to the police, Aaftab allegedly strangled his partner, Shraddha, on May 18 after a fight. He then moved her body to the bathroom to kitchen and then chopped her into 35 pieces. Later, he bought a 300-litre fridge to store the parts. For next 16 days, he went out around 2 am and disposed of the parts one by one, at different spots. He googled ways to remove blood stains and how to get rid of the stench.

    Also read: Shraddha Walker wanted to become a journalist, was in a theatre group in college: Friend   

    On Tuesday, Aaftab, who is in a prison in Mehrauli, told the police where he had allegedly dumped pieces of Shraddha’s body. The police said Aaftab cleverly chalked out the plan to first dismember Shraddha’s body, and then step by step decided how to get rid of her mortal remains in a manner that they were unretrievable by the authorities. 

    “The two met on a dating app in Mumbai. They were in a live-in relationship for three years and had shifted to Delhi. Soon after, Shraddha started pressurising Aftab to marry her,” Ankit Chauhan, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Delhi told news agency ANI. 

    Also read: Delhi murder case: Shraddha Walker’s father says he wants accused Aaftab hanged to death

    “The two quarreled frequently and it used to get out of control. In this particular instance that occurred on May 18, the man lost his temper and strangled her,” Chauhan added. 

    The police added that Aftab used to sleep in the same room where he had chopped Shraddha’s body, and used to see her face after keeping it in the fridge. 

    Police said Aaftab and Shraddha move into the house in Mehrauli on May 15. Their house was at Gully Number 1 in Chhatarpur Pahadi area.On May 18, they had a massive fight, following which Aaftab tried to shut her mouth with his hand. He later allegedly strangulated her, the police said. 

    Also read: Delhi murder: Aaftab used dating app, brought another woman in house after killing Shraddha

    Police said Aaftab also confessed he used incense sticks and burnt them to keep the foul smell of Shraddha’s body pieces at bay. 

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  • Delhi murder: Aaftab used to hit Shraddha, claims friend

    Delhi murder: Aaftab used to hit Shraddha, claims friend

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    Shraddha Walker’s close friend Rajat Shukla has said that Shraddha had told her friends and parents that Aaftab often used to hit her when they discussed marriage.  

    Shukla, who studied with Shraddha in Vasai-based college, said that she was a bright girl and wanted to be a journalist and was a theatre enthusiast. “Shraddha and I met in college. We both wanted to be journalists so we often studied together. We were theatre enthusiasts. We acted together in several theatre productions,” says Shukla. 

    Also read: Shraddha murder case: Aaftab researched ways to clean blood, impersonated her; what we know so far

    He added that after meeting Aaftab, she changed. “She became very dull. She told me about her relationship, and I even met him. He appeared normal to me. They said they were planning on moving in together,” he added.  

    Shukla said Shraddha told her friends that she was moving to Delhi with Aftab. “She said they had decided to move to Delhi for work. We lost contact with her after she moved.” 

    He added that Shraddha had mentioned that Aaftab got abusive and frequently beat her when the two fought over marriage. 

    Also read: Delhi murder case: Shraddha Walker’s father says he wants accused Aaftab hanged to death

    “We tried to bring her back home safely. Unfortunately, all we got back was the news of her brutal murder,” Shukla said. 

    The heinous murder of Shraddha came to light on Monday. Shraddha, who was from Palghar near Mumbai, was killed and her body chopped into 35 pieces allegedly by Poonawala in Delhi, the police said. Both met through a dating app following which they started working at a call centre in Mumbai. 
    Coming to Delhi earlier this year, they used to travel to various places together and went to hill stations in March-April, the police said. In May, they travelled to Himachal Pradesh where they met a man who lived in Delhi’s Chhatarpur. After shifting to Delhi, they had initially stayed at the man’s flat, reports said.

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