Aaftab confessed he killed my daughter, want him to be hanged, says Shradhha’s father

The father of murder victim Shraddha Walker told India Today that he wants the accused to be hanged. He said that if he actually chopped up his daughter’s body, then he should be awarded a punishment that is worse than a death sentence. The father of Shraddha Walker, who was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, exuded hope that his daughter could still be traced and said that he wanted a death sentence for the accused. Aaftab confessed he killed my daughter, want him to be hanged, says Shradhha’s father.

The development relates to a spine-chilling incident that jolted the nation on Monday. Aaftab confessed to killing his 26-year-old friend, who went missing in May 2022. Detailing the heinous crime, the accused had told the police that he chopped up Shraddha’s body and threw the pieces away. As per sources, the couple stayed together for over two years and they began a relationship after interacting over a dating application.

Speaking to India Today, murder victim Shraddha Walker’s father, Vikas Walker, said that he still had hopes. Outlining discrepancies in his daughter’s live-in partner Aaftab Ameen Poonawala’s confessions to the police force, the father of the deceased said that facts are yet to be confirmed. “Police have recovered only 8-10 pieces. How can he (Aaftab) declare in a day’s time that he did what he did? He lied before Mumbai Police but he immediately confessed here (to Delhi Police),” Vikas said while exuding hope for his daughter’s trace.

‘AAFTAB SHOULD BE HANGED’

Upon being asked what punishment he wanted for his daughter’s alleged murderer, who she had been in a live-in with for over two years, he said, “I want him to be hanged.”He went on to say that if there was a punishment worse than capital punishment, he would want that for Aaftab.

“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.

Upon being asked what justice meant for him in the case at hand, after everything that his daughter has been through, he said, “Whatever he (Aaftab) has declared, it has not been confirmed. If the facts are such, then he should be hanged.

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Shraddha’s father mentioned he had spoken to his daughter in 2021.”I don’t remember the month and day,” he said. Vikas Walker said that his daughter changed after she met with the accused Aaftab.”She was not into fashion until she met him. Her lifestyle changed after she befriended this guy (the murder accused),” the father told India Today.