NEW DELHI: The trial in the 2022
Shraddha Walkar murder case began in a court in Saket against accused Aaftab Poonawala on Thursday with the recording of the statement of prosecution witnesses.
Shreejay, the brother of Shraddha, testifying as a prosecution witness in the case, apprised the Saket court that Shraddha had told him that Aaftab used to indulge in verbal altercation with her and beat her up.
The court slated for July 12 for cross-examination of three prosecution witnesses including Shreejay
Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the prime accused in the murder case was arrested in November 2022, about six months after allegedly killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar.
He had chopped her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli.
Poonawala later disposed off the body parts over several weeks in various places in and around Delhi, police had said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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