Delhi homicide: Aaftab used courting app, introduced one other lady in home after killing Shraddha

Aaftab Poonawala, who allegedly strangled his live-in accomplice Shraddha Walkar and chopped her physique into 35 items, began courting and introduced one other lady to his home even whereas Sharddha’s physique elements have been saved in his fridge, police mentioned.  

The police mentioned Aaftab met one other lady via a courting app and introduced her to the identical flat, the place he had allegedly killed Shraddha, The Indian Categorical reported. The police mentioned Aaftab had met Shraddha too on a courting app a few years again.  

The opposite lady visited Aaftab a few occasions in June and July, at the moment Shraddha’s physique elements have been saved within the kitchen and the fridge. The police added that the top and the torso have been saved until the month of August. 

The case 

Police claimed Aaftab murdered Shraddha on 18 Might after an argument. Each belong to Vasai in Maharashtra’s Palghar district and had shifted to Delhi this 12 months, and had been staying in Chhatarpur since Might.  

Aaftab, 28, was arrested on Monday from his flat in Chhatarpur after Shraddha’s father lodged an FIR on the Mehrauli police station on November 8 stating that his daughter had gone lacking and that the household hadn’t been in contact together with her for greater than two months. Shraddha’s telephone was switched off. 

In the course of the interrogation, Aaftab mentioned he and Shraddha had a rocky relationship and infrequently had critical fights as she was pressuring him to get married. 

How Aaftab managed to cowl up  

Police declare that Aaftab mentioned after strangling his accomplice on Might 18, he then dismembered her physique with a pointy weapon and purchased a fridge to retailer the chopped up elements.  

Within the subsequent 16 days, he would allegedly exit on the night time and eliminate the items, together with in Mehrauli’s rubbish dumps and jungle. 

The police say Aaftab was impressed by the American drama sequence Dexter. In accordance with the police, after chopping up Walkar’s physique, he “wiped the ground with detergents and used agarbattis to do away with the foul scent”. 

Poonawala saved her physique elements within the fridge alongside ice cream and chilly drinks, the police mentioned. 

Police added that Aaftab had chemically cleaned his flat and the flooring of the rooms the place the crime passed off. When the police recovered the fridge, there was not a speck of blood in it.