Delhi homicide case: Shraddha Walker’s father says he desires accused Aaftab hanged to dying

Deceased Shraddha Walker’s father, Vikas Walker, stated on Tuesday that he desires the accused, Aaftab, to be hanged to dying. He stated that if Aaftab Poonawala might chilly bloodedly chop up his daughter’s physique, then his punishment ought to be worse than a dying sentence.  

Aaftab, 28, allegedly strangled his live-in companion Shraddha, 27, to dying and chopped her physique into 35 items in Could this 12 months, and saved them in a 300-litre fridge earlier than disposing them off round Mehrauli between June and August. 

He was arrested on Monday from his flat in Chhatarpur after Shraddha’s father Vikas 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 along with her for greater than two months.  

Talking to the media on Tuesday, Vikas stated that he nonetheless had hopes that Shraddha can be traced, stating that there are discrepancies in Aaftab’s confessions.

“The cops have recovered solely 8-10 items of the physique. How can he (Aaftab) declare in a day’s time that he did what he did? He lied earlier than Mumbai Police however he instantly confessed right here (to Delhi Police),” Vikas stated on Tuesday. 

Speaking about Aaftab’s punishment, Vikas stated he wished him to be hanged. “I need him to be hanged.” He added that if there was a punishment worse than capital punishment, he would need 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 physique, then I need his physique to be chopped too. If there’s something worse than a dying sentence then award that),” Vikas stated. 
 

Throughout his confession, Aaftab reportedly instructed the police that strangulating Shraddha was simple however disposing off her physique elements within the forest space was robust. He stated he watched Dexter, which helped him draw the plan to eliminate the dismembered physique.  

He reportedly instructed the police that as he was educated as a chef, he might reduce Shraddha’s physique into small items for straightforward disposal. 

Police have stated that after his confession, they launched a number of search operations round Mehrauli, the place some elements, principally bones have been recovered. They stated the bones have been of a human’s and had been despatched for examination. 

A pattern of Shraddha’s father has additionally been taken in order that the DNA profiling of the recovered bones might be achieved.