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Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused in the gruesome Shraddha murder case, had googled ‘method of blood cleaning’ and read about human anatomy after murdering his live-in partner Shraddha, claimed Delhi Police on Monday.
Delhi Police interrogation revealed that Aftab killed Shraddha Walker on May 18 and later started planning for disposal of the body.
We demand death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police and probe moving in right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle, didn’t talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the 1st complaint in Vasai: Vikas Walker, Shraddha’s father, to ANI
He told the police that he had read about human anatomy so that it could help him in chopping up the body.
Police said that they have seized the electronic gadgets belonging to Aftab and it will be checked thoroughly. After verifying gadgets and Google search history, police can establish Aftab’s confession.
Delhi Police solved a six-month-old blind murder case, and arrested a man for allegedly killing his 28-year-old live-in partner, chopping her body into 35 pieces and disposing of them at different places in and around the national capital.
The accused identified as Aftab Amin Poonawalla (28), a resident of Mumbai, was caught on Saturday on the basis of the deceased’s father’s complaint and has been sent to police remand for five days, the police said on Monday.
Aftab and Shraddha met on a dating site and later moved in together at a rented accommodation in Chhatarpur. Delhi police received a complaint from Shraddha’s father and registered an FIR on November 10.
Police said that Aftab, after searching on Google, cleaned blood stains from the floor with some chemicals and disposed off the stained clothes.
He shifted the body in the bathroom and bought a refrigerator from a nearby shop.
Later, he chopped the body into small pieces and put them in the fridge.
“The accused told us that he chopped her into pieces and disposed of the parts in nearby areas in the jungle area of Chhatarpur Enclave. He has been arrested and investigation is going on,” added DCP Chouhan.
Aftab allegedly chopped her body into 35 pieces, bought a refrigerator and kept them in it. He later started disposing of the body pieces at different locations in and around Delhi during night hours for the next 18 days, said sources.
Sources further said, Aftab used to sleep every day in the same room where he had chopped the body after killing Shraddha. He used to see the face after keeping it in the fridge. Aftab had cleaned the fridge after disposing the body parts.
