According to the sources, one of the arrested accused is identified as Salman against whom more than 50 cases are registered. He is a top vehicle thief of Meerut.
Shraddha Murder Case: Delhi Police informed a city court that Shraddha Walkar was seen alive during a heated exchange with Aaftab Poonawala on May 18.
This came hours after a delegation of BJP leaders met Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Tuesday over the Mehrauli anti-encroachment drive.
While staging a protest against the anti-encroachment drive, the locals termed it "hooliganism" amid the fact that the matter was pending in the court.
After getting into a relationship with Aftab Amin Poonawala, his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar distanced herself from her family and all her friends, her college friend Rajat Shukla said while speaking to the media.
Earlier, in her written complaint to the police, Shraddha Walkar had asserted she was suffering physical abuse at the hands of her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala and that the latter threatened to kill her and chop her into pieces.
Aftab Poonawala (28) had strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in May and then chopped her body into many pieces for easier disposal.
Aftab Poonawala allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, 27, and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his house in Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days past midnight.
The officials identified the two witnesses as Rahul Ray and Godwin. Both Rahul and Godwin are residents of Vasai. While one of them is a rickshaw driver, the other is currently unemployed.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: On Thursday, a Delhi court permitted the city police to question accused Aaftab Poonawala for five more days in its custody, while another judge allowed his narco analysis test.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: Accused Aftab Poonawala's neighbour said they used to order food online, the delivery man used to stand outside the residence.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: Delhi Police sources said, Aftab also confessed that he had searched on the internet for ways to dispose of a body after the murder.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: The police had, however, asked for custody for 10 more days to do a thorough investigation by taking Aftab to police crime scenes.
Shraddha Walkar's live-in partner Aftab Poonawala was arrested on November 12, for allegedly killing the former and chopping her body into 35 pieces to dispose of it off.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: The Delhi Police also found a bag, apparently belonging to Shraddha, from the accused Aftab's rented house in Chhatarpur.
Shraddha murder case: The police sources said that the family shifted without the knowledge of the police because they had an idea of accused Aftab's activities.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: The Delhi Police has approached the court to get permission to conduct narco test on the call centre employee. On Tuesday, Police had applied for lie detector test. In the case of narco test, the consent of the accused is necessary.
Shraddha murder case: Further investigation into the gruesome case revealed that the accused met a woman via a dating app after the murder and brought her to his house in Chattarpur while the remains were still stored in the refrigerator, the informed sources added.
Shraddha murder case: Even after allegedly killing Walkar, Aftab Poonawala continued to live in the same flat and ordered food through online apps, police said.
Shraddha Walker murder case: Delhi Police may write to Bumble to get details of Aftab's profile to find details of women who visited him in his house when Shraddha's body was still in the refrigerator.
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