Delhi Murder Case Updates: Blood samples of victim's father, brother collected for DNA analysis

Mehrauli murder: Blood samples of victim's father, brother collected for DNA analysis

The blood samples of the father and brother of the woman, who was allegedly killed and sawed into 35 pieces by her live-in partner in Mehrauli here, have been collected for DNA matching with body parts recovered till now, police said. Aaftab Amin Poonawala (28) allegedly strangled Shraddha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for weeks at his residence in Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days past midnight. (PTI)

In view of the deceptive nature of responses being so far provided by the accused, an application for conducting his Narco-analysis test was made and, after due consideration, approved by court. The same is to be conducted in due course: Delhi Police

The accused's flat in Chattarpur, Mehrauli has been closely inspected by Crime Team & experts from FSL. Several combing operations are carried out at various places, including some forest areas, from where severed bones have been seized: Delhi Police

Delhi Police teams visit 4 states to probe Shraddha Walkar murder case

Delhi Police teams have been to Mumbai, Gurgaon, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in connection with the investigation in the Shraddha Walkar murder case. Investigators privy to the probe said accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala's phone will be sent for forensic examination to identify the people he was in touch with after killing Walkar and retrieve deleted data, the source said. (PTI)

Poonawala introduced Walkar as his wife while renting flat: police

Aaftab Poonawala, accused of brutally killing his live-in partner Shradha Walkar, introduced her as his wife when they were looking for a rented accommodation near Mumbai, police said on Friday. The couple were looking for a flat on rent in Vasai, and most of the times Poonawala introduced Walkar as his wife though they were not married, said a local police official. They rented a one-room flat in a building in Naigaon (East) in 2019, claiming to be a married couple. The rent agreement was made in Poonawala's name. (PTI)

Saket court has ordered Rohini Forensic Science Lab to conduct a narco test of accused Aaftab Poonawala within five days in Shraddha Walkar murder case.

Aaftab Poonawala accompanied Shraddha Walkar to Mumbai hospital, says doctor who treated her in 2020; friends say he used to beat her up

Aftab Poonawala, accused of killing her live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, had accompanied Walkar when she was brought to a hospital in Mumbai for acute shoulder and back pain in the year 2020, news agency ANI quoted the doctor who treated the girl as saying, on Friday. Read more here

Police visit office of Aaftab Poonawala in Gurugram, search for evidence

A Delhi Police team probing the killing of Shradha Walkar visited the office of a private firm in Gurugram where the accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala used to work, officials said on Friday. Following a search, the police were seen carrying a plastic bag containing items recovered from bushes in the vicinity of the office. However, the officials did not reveal the contents of the bag. Read more here

Shraddha Murder case: Delhi police team reaches Mumbai for investigation

A team of Delhi Police team has reached Vasai, Palghar area of Maharashtra to investigate the sensational Shraddha Walker murder case. The three-member team of Delhi police met officials of Manikpur police of Maharashtra and sought their assistance in the investigation of the case. The police team is likely to record statements of friends of Aftab and Shraddha, and also their mutual friends.

An old 2020 image of injured Shraddha surfaces online with cuts on face, swollen eyes and bruised cheeks

Shraddha was allegedly beaten up by Aaftab in 2020: TV reports

Chats of Shraddha and Aaftab to be retrieved: Cops

Shraddha used to argue with Aaftab over his drug use

Cops say Aaftab admits to being a regular drug user

Aaftab was high on drugs while killing Shraddha: Cops

Mehrauli murder case: Her relationship with accused affected mother's health, Shraddha Walkar's father tells Sena leader

Shraddha Walkar's relationship with Aaftab Poonawala took a toll on her mother’s health and she passed away in January 2020, her father Vikas told Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe who called on him at his Vasai residence on Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons after meeting the father, Gorhe, deputy chairperson of the legislative council, said the family had sensed that their daughter was under pressure in her relationship with Poonawala, though it was not clear to them if she was being tortured or had financial constraints. Gorhe said according to Vikas, Shraddha spoke about her fights with Poonawala but refused to return home. Read full story

Decade-old murder bears chilling resemblance to case

Exactly 11 years ago, a murder eerily similar to the Shraddha Walkar case had rocked the capital. Niranjani Pillai, a 27-year-old South African lawyer, was allegedly killed by her husband, Sumit Handa, on October 29, 2011. A supposed video call with a male friend, suspicions of infidelity and constant fights had apparently provoked Handa into stabbing his wife in the abdomen, strangling her with the laptop charging cord and stashing her body in the bathroom of their flat in south Delhi's Pul Prahladpur. Police said Handa then carried out a marathon internet search and relied on TV shows to chop the woman’s body into pieces and stuff them into a trolley bag and her belongings into another. He drove to Rai in Haryana, 70km from Delhi, to get rid of the incriminating trolley bags. He bought some petrol at a gas station, dragged the bags to a forest 200 metres away and then set them on fire. He returned home with some ashes in Pillai’s memory. Read full story

Accused trying to mislead probe, police tell court

The court of metropolitan magistrate Vijayshree Rathore allowed Delhi Police to go ahead with the narco test of Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, and chopping her body into 35 pieces, after he agreed to undergo the test. Police had moved the application for the test on Saturday. Aaftab was told about the effects and implications of the test. Now, police will move an application at the Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, for getting the test conducted. Read full story

Plumber first witness to see couple check into Delhi flat

A plumber in Chhatarpur Pahadi said he saw both Shraddha Walkar and her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala together in the flat they had moved into. Till now, no one had confirmed seeing Walkar alive and living in the flat where she was allegedly murdered. On Thursday, police also identified the garbage van into which Poonawala claimed to have thrown the victim’s and his own blood-stained clothes. Plumber Rajesh said, "They came to the flat in the summer. The couple was happy and had their hands on each other’s shoulders when I noticed them on the lane. ” He said it was the last time he saw the woman. Read full story

‘Aaftab behaving like a hardcore criminal, crime scene wiped clean’

A senior member of the FSL team which took Aaftab Poonawala around while trying to lift samples for evidence and DNA match has said that he was behaving like a “hardcore criminal” with absolutely no remorse. The official said he was way too “normal” about everything and that narco-analysis will further make the situation clear. Read full story