Accused in the horrific Shraddha Walker murder case, Aftab Amin Poonawalla who was arrested recently had attempted to dupe the police of Delhi and Mumbai in the initial days of the investigation.
According to the sources, the police are likely to call the victim's father for DNA testing after which the blood sample and bone sample will be sent to Forensic Light Source (FLS) for matching. The FSL will then conduct a DNA test.
The trial court had awarded Ariz Khan a death sentence in the matter. Another convict Shahzad was awarded a life sentence. They had challenged their conviction. On the other hand, the Prosecution had moved a death reference of Ariz Khan and appealed for enhancement of the sentence awarded to
According to the sources, the Delhi Police wants to ascertain if any of the women Aftab dated on the app could be a possible reason behind Shraddha's alleged murder.
According to the police, they went to hill stations in March-April. Both of them had travelled to Himachal Pradesh for a few days in May and stayed together where they met a man who lived in Delhi's Chhatarpur. As per reports, upon shifting to Delhi, they had initially stayed at the flat
Friends of Shraddha Walker, the girl from Maharashtra who was allegedly killed by her live-in partner in Delhi, have narrated their side of the story, painting a picture of Shraddha as they knew her.
The sheer brutality of the crime has drawn parallels with the infamous 'Tandoor Kand' of July 1995 in which a Youth Congress leader killed his wife over an alleged love affair and shoved her body parts into a tandoor (clay oven) on the roof of an eatery run by his friend.
"DCW has taken suo~moto cognizance of the gruesome murder of a girl in Mehrauli, Delhi. It has been reported that the girl was living in a flat with her male partner," reads the letter.