News Delhi 'Aftab Poonawala got violent after Shraddha Walkar met a friend'; Police file 6500 pages chargesheet

'Aftab Poonawala got violent after Shraddha Walkar met a friend'; Police file 6500 pages chargesheet

Shraddha Walkar murder case: The chargesheet contains a list of forensic evidence that the police have collected apart from the DNA reports that established the identity of the victim, Shraddha Walkar.

Aaftab Poonawala in custody Image Source : PTIAaftab Poonawala in custody

Shraddha Walkar murder case: The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed around 6,629 pages chargesheet in the Shraddha Walkar murder case in Saket court. Walkar, 27, was allegedly strangled, her body chopped into 35 pieces and disposed of in various parts of Delhi by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala.

According to sources, the police have already prepared a draft chargesheet of over 3000 pages on basis of the testimony of 100 witnesses, and forensic and electronic evidence. And currently, legal experts are looking into it. "We have filed an approximate 6,000-page chargesheet in the case today. More than 150 statements were recorded in the Shraddha Walker murder case," Meenu Choudhary, Joint CP southern range said, "The day the incident occurred the accused didn't like that she (Shraddha) had gone to meet a friend. On this ground, he became violent and the incident happened," she added.

The court has also extended the custody of Aftab Poonawala, who was presented through video conferencing, till February 7. The court has also ordered the police to produce Aftab physically before the court on February 7.

 

"The DNA reports had confirmed that it was indeed Shraddha Walkar who was killed. We collected samples from her father and brother after the incident came to light," a source said. The investigating officer had said the statements that Poonawala gave during his polygraph and narco-analysis tests and the police interrogation were the same. The narco-analysis and polygraph test reports are not admissible as evidence in court.