Man Killed Partner In Delhi, Dumped Body Pieces At 2 am For 18 Days: Cops
New Delhi:
In a shocking case, a man allegedly strangled his live-in partner, chopped her body into 35 pieces and dumped them in Delhi’s Mehrauli forest over 18 days, say police sources. He would step out at 2 am every day to dump the body parts, sources say.
The accused has been sent to five days in police custody.
Aftab Ameen Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar on May 18 after they had a fight. He then chopped her body into 35 pieces and bought a 300-litre fridge to keep them, sources say. Over the next 18 days, he disposed of the pieces at different areas of the Mehrauli forest, they added.
“The duo fell in love while working in Mumbai and came to Delhi by April-end or May first week after facing opposition from their families. While they were living in the national capital, they had an argument in mid-May over marriage, which escalated, and he strangled her,” Ankit Chauhan, Additional DCP-I, South district, said.
“The accused had preserved the woman’s body in a fridge and disposed them on different occasions,” he added.
26-year-old Shraddha worked at the call centre for a multinational company in Mumbai, where she met Poonawala. The two started dating and moved in together. After her family did not approve of their relationship, the couple eloped and came to Delhi. They started living in a flat in Mehrauli.
In September, Shraddha’s friend informed her brother that her mobile phone had been switched off for over two months. Her family also checked her social media accounts and found no updates during this period.
In November, the victim’s father, Vikash Madan Walker, approached Mumbai police and lodged a missing person’s complaint.
During the initial investigation, the victim’s last location was found in Delhi, and on the basis of this, the case was transferred to Delhi police.
The victim’s father told the police about his daughter’s relationship with Poonawala and suspected his involvement in his daughter’s disappearance.
On November 8, Vikas Madaan Walkar came to Delhi to check on his daughter and found a lock on her flat. He approached the Mehrauli Police and filed a complaint alleging kidnapping.
In his complaint, Mr Walkar alleged that Shraddha had earlier told him that Poonawala used to frequently beat her.
On the basis of this, police arrested Poonawala on Saturday. During investigation, he revealed that the two fought frequently as Shraddha wanted to marry him, police sources said. He also confessed to the police how he killed her and disposed off the body.