Delhi: A man killed his live-in partner, chopped her body into 35 pieces, and disposed them across the city near Mehrauli forest area for 18 days.
According to police, the accused has been identified as Aftab Poonawalla, who murdered her live-in partner Shraddha Walkar who was asking him to marry her.
Aftab has been arrested and sent to 5-day police custody.
According to sources, an argument had taken place between the accused Aftab and Shraddha on May 18. During the quarrel, Shraddha was shouting, therefore, in order to silence her and make sure their neighbours don't listen, Aftab pressed Shraddha's face due to which she choked to death.
To hide the crime he committed, Aftab chopped off her body into 35 pieces using a saw and continued disposing them for 18 days in different parts across the city.
According to police sources, Aftab kept disposing of pieces of Shraddha's dead body one by one in Delhi's Mehrauli forest area.
The accused also bought a big fridge to store her body parts to make sure they don't stink for 18 days.
Aftab used to go to Mehrauli to dispose of body parts in the forest area every night around 2 am.
Aftab and Shraddha used to work in the same call center in Mumbai, however, the girl's family was unhappy with her relationship.
Victim Shradha who was killed by her live-in partner in Delhi.
Shraddha and Aftab came to Delhi where they both started living together in a rented home.
Shraddha used to upload her photos on Facebook regularly so that the girl's family members can know about her.
When Shraddha didn't post anything on Facebook for a few days, her family got suspicious.
Her father visited Delhi around five months ago and went to the place where her daughter was staying with her live-in partner. However, upon reaching there, her father found the place to be locked following which he lodged a missing complaint.
When the police started the investigation, it was after five months they arrested the accused.
According to police sources, Shraddha was repeatedly asking the accused to get married and due to this pressure, he killed her.
"A man & a woman had come here from Mumbai. A few days after they started staying here, the woman's father in Mumbai realised she was missing. He filed a missing report with Mumbai Police. Her last location was found to be Delhi," informed Ankit Chauhan, Addl DCP-I, South district, Delhi.
"They came to Mehrauli police station and we immediately initiated legal action. They had private jobs in Mumbai and the man had started working here. He has been identified as Aftab Poonawalla. They got together via dating app, were in a live-in relationship in Mumbai and continued here," the cop said.
"They quarreled frequently & it used to get out of control. In this particular instance, the man lost his temper and killed her in May this year. He told us that he chopped her into pieces & disposed of her parts in nearby areas. He has been arrested, investigation going on," Ankit Chauhan added.
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