Shraddha Walker murder case: Delhi court extends Aftaab’s judicial custody by 4 days

The Magistrate ordered that Poonawala to be produced before him physically on January 10. A court in New Delhi on January 6, 2023 extended the judicial custody of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner and dismembering her body, by four days. Shraddha Walker murder case: Delhi court extends Aftaab’s judicial custody by 4 days.

Poonawala was produced before the court through video conference.”I am giving four days judicial custody. Accused will be produced before me physically on January 10,” Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla said.Earlier on December 23, a court had remanded Poonawala in judicial custody for 14 days.

Aaftab allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and cut her body into 35 pieces, before dumping them across the national capital and surrounding areas.In the bone-chilling murder case, Aaftab Poonawala allegedly killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walker and dismembered the body into pieces before disposing the parts in the forest near Mehrauli.

He had told the police that he planned to kill Shraddha 10 days before the actual crime, but due to an emotional moment between them, he changed his mind.

Here are the updates on the murder investigation so far:

A set of bones and hair strands were recovered by the Delhi police from the forests in south Delhi’s Mehrauli and Chhattarpur during Shraddha Walkar’s investigation. On Wednesday, as per foresnic report, the samples matched with the samples provided by the Walker family.

Last month, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory sources said that 13 bones were recovered by their team from the forest area last month, all, except a part of a skull matched the DNA samples collected from Shraddha’s father, Vikas Walker.

Aaftab Poonawala on December 22 withdrew his bail application before a Delhi court.  On December 17, Aaftab said that he signed the ‘vakalatnama’ but did not know about filing a bail application. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari stated that the court received an intimation from Poonawala that said, the bail application was moved by mistake. Aftab even denied permitting his advocate to file for bail.

Aaftab was arrested on November 12 and is currently lodged in the Tihar Jail.Aaftab’s polygraph test sessions revealed his confession to murdering his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into pieces.

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Aaftab allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and cut her body into 35 pieces, before dumping them across the national capital and surrounding areas. Reportedly, he kept it in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi’s Mehrauli before dumping those over several days past midnight. He was arrested on November 12.

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