Delhi homicide: Shraddha referred to as sick typically as a result of home abuse, says former co-worker

Shraddha Walkar’s co-workers have revealed that they had been conscious that her boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala used to beat her up, and as soon as had mercilessly overwhelmed her up in November 2020. One in every of her co-workers, Karan, stated that Shraddha used to overlook workplace typically, and sooner or later shared her drawback with him.  

Karan stated he had tried to assist Shraddha in 2020 and was eager on her well-being. He stated they had been in contact for just a few weeks when he had assured her with all assist.  

“In November 2020, I obtained to know for the primary time that Shraddha was overwhelmed up and it was a case of home abuse. She used to name in sick typically earlier than that,” stated Karan, who was her group supervisor in Mumbai the place she used to work in a name centre. 

He added that sooner or later he requested her to ship him her picture over curiosity. He stated he was heartbroken to see how Aaftab had overwhelmed her up. She had bruises below her proper eye and her neck.  

Karan, who thought they had been married, stated that he had requested Shraddha to shift together with his mom or sister for fast security and he even helped her strategy the cops. He added he had engaged his good friend to assist Shraddha out of her state of affairs, who additionally confirmed that Shraddha had burn marks on her abdomen and different bruises.  

He added that Shraddha went to the police and gave a written grievance. However in between, Aaftab referred to as her and stated he would do hurt to himself, and she or he left. She additionally went to his father or mother’s place they usually assured her he would transfer out of the home, which they each had rented, lower off all ties, and by no means harass her. Solely after that, she determined to take again her grievance. 

Karan added that he thought that they had damaged up after the incident, however later realised that each had shifted to Delhi. 

Shraddha was allegedly killed by her boyfriend Aaftab, who dismembered her physique into 35 items after killing her on Might 18 this 12 months. He allegedly stuffed them right into a newly-bought fridge after which disposed of them at varied areas round Mehrauli.
Earlier, Shraddha’s mates had additionally confirmed that Aaftab used to beat her and on one such events, Shraddha was taken to a Vasai-based hospital in 2020 when she was affected by extreme again ache. On December 3, 2020, Shraddha was hospitalised at Ozone Multispeciality Hospital in Vasai, with extreme ache in her again and backbone for round per week. 

Shraddha’s different good friend Laxman Nadar claimed that each of them had many fights and arguments. “In the future she obtained in contact with me on WhatsApp and requested me to rescue her from her residence. She stated that if she stayed with him (Aaftab) that night time, he would kill her,” Nadar stated.   

Nadar stated that when Shraddha had shared particulars about her abusive relationship together with her household, her father had insisted she stayed again. However then she reconciled with Aaftab and shifted to Delhi.