7 Shocking Revelations Of The Aftab Poonawala Case

On November 12 Aftab Ameen Poonawala got arrested and the country got a chill down its spine listening to the details of the gruesome murder of 26-year-old Shraddha Walkar. According to reports, Walkar was murdered six months back by Poonawala and to hide his crime he cut her body in pieces and spread them across Meharauli Forest.

In the latest updates, a major breakthrough happened in the Shraddha Walkar murder case when her father's DNA was found in the recently recovered bones from the forest. Following this incident, the reports came in that said Aftab Poonawala has sought bail and the hearing is supposed to happen on Sunday.

According to reports, Aftab will be undergoing yet another court-sanctioned polygraph test to take the probe forward. Poonawala will undergo another polygraph test session at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Rohini on Monday, said officials, adding that the suspect will be asked to respond to some still unanswered questions related to the alleged crime.

He had earlier told a metropolitan magistrate in Saket court that he was provoked because of which he hit her.

"I was provoked because of which I hit," said Poonawalla in Saket court where he was produced before a metropolitan magistrate through video conferencing as his police custody ends on Tuesday, claimed his lawyer.

The court extended his police custody by four more days.

Aftab Poonawala Case Details: 7 Shocking Revelations

1. Both Poonawala and Walkar are from Vasai in Mumbai and they met through an online dating site back in 2019. The reports say that the duo soon moved in together. Walkar was not very close with her family, her mother passed away in 2020.
2. The reports suggest that the duo were initially happy but gradually it became toxic as Poonawala allegedly used to beat Walkar. Walkar wanted to break up but couldn't do it. Shraddha Walkar's dad told Indian Express, "I knew she was in a toxic relationship with that boy. I tried stopping her but she wouldn’t listen."
3. The duo moved to the Chattarpur area in Delhi in 2022 where they lived for a while before Poonawala killed Walkar on May 18, 2022. The reports say that the duo were trying rebuild their relationship which was falling dry and one of Walkar's friends told that May 16 was their anniversary and Walkar was planning on breaking up with Poonawala post that.
4. But just two days after the anniversary, Walkar and Poonawala had a huge fight that led him to strangle and murder her. Police are suspecting that the move to Delhi might also be a part of planning the murder.
5. After killing Walkar, he bought a 300-litre fridge to keep her body and also bought weapons to cut the body into 35 pieces which he spread all over the Meharauli forest over a stretch of 18 days. According to reports Poonawala went out around 2 am every night to dispose of the body parts.
6. The reports also suggest that Poonawala was speaking to Walkar's friends posing as her to not let anyone suspect any change. But in September, a friend of Walkar informed her father about not being in contact with her for a few months following which Vikash Walkar filed a missing complaint with the police. And there started the journey of arresting Poonawala and the revelation of his murder.
7. It is also told in the reports that Poonawala used to bring women into the flat he was residing with Walkar's dead body. The neighbours have seen him do it.

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