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‘Aftab beats me, he will kill me’: Friends of Shraddha Walker say she was in an abusive relationship, wanted to leave but couldn’t

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‘Aftab beats me, he will kill me’: Friends of Shraddha Walker say she was in an abusive relationship, wanted to leave but couldn’t

Friends of Shraddha Walker, the 26-year-old woman who was strangled and mutilated into pieces by her live-in partner Aftab Amin, have revealed details of their toxic and abusive relationship, indicating that Shraddha was unhappy and desperate to break off the relationship.

According to her acquaintances, Shraddha stated that she was “living in hell” and was frightened that her partner Aftab would “kill her.” The couple’s neighbours and friends reported that they used to fight frequently, and Walkar was afraid for her life.

In a video, which OpIndia has accessed, Shraddha’s friend Rajat Shukla recalled how Shraddha’s personality changed after she started living with Aftab. “We use to study, do theatre and act together. Shraddha was very active and there was a lot of spark in her personality. However, as 2018 approached we started noticing a lot of changes in her personality. It is often expected that a person would change for the better, but in Shraddha’s case, she started withering. Probably this was the time when Aftab entered her life,” said Shraddha’s close friend.

He added, “We, however, did not about their relationship until 2019. We initially learnt that the duo were living together in Vasai, but we were later told that they were shifting to Delhi for work. After that, we lost touch with Shraddha until we came to know that she had disappeared. Later we learnt about her ghastly murder. This cannot be love. Love stories cannot have such a horrific end. There is certainly a larger conspiracy behind the entire act, who is Aftab? what was his motive? all these things need to be investigated thoroughly, demanded Shukla.

Shraddha wanted to leave Aftab but could not, says her friend

Notably, while speaking to ANI Rajat Shukla also revealed that initially, the couple had started out in a happy relationship, but things soon turned sour between them and Shraddha told her friends that Aftab had been assaulting her and she wanted to leave him.

Shukla said, “She told us in 2019 that she was in a relationship since 2018. They lived together. Initially, they lived happily, but then Shraddha started saying that Aftab beats her. She wanted to leave him but couldn’t do so.”

Laxman Nadar, another friend of the victim, was quoted by DNA as saying, “They used to have a lot of fights. There was a fight to such an extent that she texted me on WhatsApp and asked me to take her somewhere that night. She said that if she lived with Aftab that night, he would kill her.”

Nadar said that her friends had assisted her in leaving the house when Aftab became violent. He added that they even threatened Aftab that they would phone the police and file a complaint against him.

Victim’s father suspects ‘love jihad’ angle in the case

Earlier in the day, we reported how the father of the 26-year-old girl is reportedly suspecting a ‘love jihad’ angle in the case and demanded the death penalty for the accused perpetrator.

Speaking to ANI, Shraddha’s father, Vikas Madan Walker said, “I suspected a love jihad angle. We demand the death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police and the probe moving in the right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle and didn’t talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the first complaint in Mumbai’s Vasai.”

According to the FIR, Shraddha’s family was opposed to the relationship because Aftab was a Muslim. They also objected to Shraddha’s decision to live with Aftab. However, Shraddha was adamant about her decision. 

Aftab shows no remorse for killing Shraddha, say Delhi Police

Meanwhile, the Delhi police revealed that Aftab showed no remorse for murdering Shraddha. The only time he cried was reportedly when his father visited the police station after his arrest.

Aftab Amin, 28, who eloped with Shraddha from Mumbai, and chopped her into 35 pieces in a rented residence in Chhatarpur, was apprehended by the police on Saturday (November 12).

Aftab was allegedly irritated by the victim’s request to marry him. He strangled her to death on May 18, this year. Aftab, who had previously worked as a cook, sliced the body parts with an iron saw, which is used to cut wood and trees. He also threw the blood-soaked clothing in the bin. After that, the accused bought a refrigerator and kept her body in it for many days. He cut her into 35 pieces and disposed of them in 18 different sites around Delhi.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala initiates legal action against AAP’s Naresh Balyan for associating his name with Shraddha’s murderer Aftab

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BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala initiates legal action against AAP’s Naresh Balyan for associating his name with Shraddha’s murderer Aftab

AAP MLA Naresh Balyan shared a tweet earlier today where he tried to associate BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla with the murderer of Shraddha Walkar whose name was reported in the media as Aftab Amin Poonawala. In a tweet, Balyan asked what is Shehzad’s relationship with Aftab and why is the BJP spokesperson “running away” without answering questions.

Naresh Balyan’s tweet

In his tweet, Balyan stated that people on social media are questioning if Shehzad is related to Aftab Amin Poonawala. It is notable here that Shehzad’s brother Tehseen is related to Priyanka Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra by marriage.

Just because the murderer shares a similar surname, the AAP MLA tried to associate the BJP spokesperson with Aftab.

Responding to the allegations made by Naresh Balyan, Shehzad Poonawala informed on Twitter that his lawyer has initiated criminal and civil proceedings against the AAP MLA for his “unsubstantiated, reckless & defamatory statements.”

Shehzad informed further that he will also initiate similar proceedings against any person amplifying this lie and trying to associate his name with the murderer.

Naresh Balyan repeats the lie, brazens it out

After trying to drag Shehzad’s Poonawala’s name linking him with the murder accused, the AAP MLA responded to Shehzad’s legal notice and claimed further, without any logic or correlation, that he (Shehzad) is now trying to defend the murder accused Aftab. Balyan claimed that he will continue demanding justice for Shraddha.

It is notable here that Poonawala/ Poonawala are surnames often used by Parsis or Bohra Muslims with roots in Poona (Pune). Shehzad is a national spokesperson for the BJP while his brother Tehseen is often seen in TV debates arguing on behalf of the Congress party.

Cyrus Poonawalla and his son Adar Poonawalla are the names behind India’s largest vaccine manufacturing company Serum Institute of India. They are from the Parsi community.

After the gruesome murder case from Mehrauli made national headlines, and Aftab was arrested by the police for killing Shraddha, a Hindu girl from Maharashtra, several social media handles tried to claim that Aftab was a Parsi and not a Muslim. However, those claims were debunked by our report here.

RSS-affiliate magazine accuses Amazon of funding a conversion module that converted ‘25,000 to Christianity’ in NE India, e-commerce giant denies

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RSS-affiliate magazine accuses Amazon of funding a conversion module that converted ‘25,000 to Christianity’ in NE India, e-commerce giant denies

RSS-affiliated magazine The Organiser has accused e-commerce giant Amazon of funding the conversion module of an evangelist group in the northeast region of India. In the cover story of the latest issue titled “Amazing Cross Connection”, the magazine alleged that the e-commerce giant funds an organisation named “American Baptist Church” that is accused of running a conversion module in the region.

In its report, the magazine alleged, “E-commerce giant Amazon is financing the Christian conversion module run by American Baptist Church (ABM). There is a possibility of a money laundering ring run by multinational companies and ABM to fund India’s huge missionary conversion mission.” It further alleged that ABM is running a front named All India Mission (AIM) in the country that openly claimed to have converted over 25 thousand people to Christianity in northeast India.

The magazine also added a screenshot of a Twitter post by AIM that appealed to shop at Amazon under the Amazon Smile initiative. The magazine said, “Amazon is sponsoring the conversion module of All India Mission by donating money against every purchase by an Indian.”

The report read, “The Social Justice Forum of Arunachal Pradesh alleged that the e-commerce giant is continuously funding the All India Mission through its foundation, Amazon Smile.” It added, “The e-com giant has reportedly accepted the truth of funding the All India Mission from their US Office. The All India Mission has another front called Calvary Gospel Ministries trust that plants Churches across India under the secular name Parthana Bhavans to lure the gullible population into conversion. The organisation alleged that Amazon is patronising AIM in these endeavours.”

Amazon denies claims

Media houses, including Times Now and The Indian Express, reached out to Amazon for a reply. The spokesperson at the e-commerce giant denied the allegations. They said, “Amazon India does not have any relationship with All India Mission or its affiliates, nor does the AmazonSmile program operate on the Amazon India marketplace. Where the AmazonSmile program does operate, customers can choose to donate to a charity they prefer from multiple non-profits that register themselves under the program. The AmazonSmile program does not endorse the views of any charity participating in the program.”

NCPCR had summoned Amazon over sponsoring an organisation involved in illegal conversion to Christianity

In September this year, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights summoned Amazon’s India head for failing to respond to its notices seeking information on allegations of funding an organisation involved in illegally converting children to Christianity. Amit Agarwal, Global Senior Vice President and Country Head of Amazon India, was asked to appear before the NCPCR on 1st November to explain the reasons for not responding to the statutory body’s notices and also provide the answers to questions asked them.

Amazon India was under the scrutiny of NCPCR after it was found to be giving donations to an NGO named All India Mission, which is accused of indulging in unlawful practices. The child rights body had issued notices to Amazon in September after receiving a complaint from the NGO Social Justice Forum of Arunachal Pradesh, alleging that All India Mission is involved in unlawful practices by illegally converting children to Christianity in India.

“It has been mentioned in the complaint that the said organisation has more than 100 orphanages across India. As per the complaint, the website and social media pages of the said organisation clearly state that they aim to convert the people in India and also claim that they have already converted many people in India already, especially in North East India and Jharkhand,” the NCPCR notice to Amazon India had said.

Reportedly, NCPCR issued a notice to Amazon on 14th September asking it to provide all details of donations made to All India Mission within seven days. After not receiving any response to the notice, NCPCR sent a reminder notice on 30th September, but Amazon officials also ignored that. Therefore, NCPCR has now summoned the country head of Amazon India, exercising its under Section 14 of the CPCR Act, 2005.

Tihar Jail superintendent suspended for giving ‘special treatment’ to jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain

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Tihar Jail superintendent suspended for giving ‘special treatment’ to jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain

Naresh Kumar, Delhi Chief Secretary, on Monday suspended Tihar jail superintendent Ajit Kumar over allegations that he was giving preferential treatment to the detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Satyendar Jain at the central jail in conjunction with prison authorities.

“… Ajit Kumar, Ad-hoc DANICS/ Superintendent, Central Jail No. 7, is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect… it is further ordered that during the period that this order shall remain in force, the headquarters of Sh. Ajit Kumar should be Delhi and… (he) shall not leave the headquarters without obtaining the previous permission,” a letter signed by Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar read.

The rule allows the government to suspend officials if disciplinary proceedings against them are being investigated or are already underway. According to reports, the decision was made after Kumar was discovered to have committed violations and granted favors to Jain. When Jain was detained, he was the Delhi Home Minister. 

Ajit Kumar is the second senior jail officer to face charges in less than a week, following claims of preferential treatment being provided to the minister. Last week, Sandeep Goel, the Director General of Prisons, was transferred from the Tihar Jail, only days after imprisoned conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged that he had paid protection money to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain. Goel was replaced by 1989 batch IPS officer Sanjay Beniwal.

Earlier on November 1, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had informed the Delhi Court that AAP Minister Satyendar Jain, who has been charged in a money laundering case, was being treated specially in the Tihar jail. The ED submitted the CCTV footage of the Tihar jail which allegedly showed Jain getting preferential treatment inside Tihar Jail.

The ED had said that Jain was being given foot massage and body massage while in the cell and that he was being served fresh-cut fruits and green salad directly in his cell by an unidentified individual. The ED further contended that Jain’s cell is being cleaned, mopped, and broomed by an unidentified person under the supervision of co-accused Ankush Jain.

The ED also said that Jain was continuously and easily able to meet co-accused Ankush Jain, Vaibhav Jain, and also his wife, Poonam Jain who visits him often in the cell. The ED alleged that the accused was violating all the norms of the jail and was meeting the jail superintendent every day, which is against the rules.

The ED attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crores linked to Jain and his family in April. The ED launched an investigation in the case based on an FIR which was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jain and others under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

It is alleged that while Jain was a public servant, his companies received up to Rs. 4.81 crores from shell companies via the Hawala network. Satyendar Jain was arrested and detained by the Enforcement Directorate on May 31, 2022.

Aftab Amin minced the intestine of Shraddha after killing her and continued talking to her acquaintances on Instagram to avoid suspicion

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Aftab Amin minced the intestine of Shraddha after killing her and continued talking to her acquaintances on Instagram to avoid suspicion

According to a source quoted by The Print, Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the man who murdered his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar and stored her body parts in a refrigerator after chopping it into 35 parts, minced her intestine into finely diced shreds. As per the report, he also kept his cache of ice cream and chilled beverages alongside the body.

“Fearing that the body would smell, Aftab first threw the intestine. He cut the body into tiny parts to fit into the fridge and threw them in 18-20 trips around 2 cm each night. The head and the torso were kept till August,” the source was quoted as saying. Notably, the human intestines, both small and large, measure around 20 feet or more. They weigh about 3-4 kilograms on average.

The insider cited by Print stated that Aftab used a 1-foot-long saw to finish the macabre job and that his experience as a cook at a five-star hotel helped him in chopping up Shraddha’s body into tiny fragments over the course of days.

He then buried these body parts over the course of the following several months in a forested area near his residence in Chhattarpur Pahadi, and other locations around Mehrauli, including swamps and garbage dumps.

Aftab reportedly Googled ‘how to clean blood’ and ‘how to get rid of the body.’ To avoid suspicion, Aftab allegedly continued to communicate with Shraddha’s acquaintances on Instagram until June 9th. The source was quoted as saying that he used her credit card to pay off her bills so that nobody would question her disappearance. So far, police have collected 13 suspected body parts from different locations.

Shraddha murder case

As per reports, Aftab met Shraddha in Mumbai while working at a call centre. Shraddha fell in love with Aftab and eloped from her home after her parents disapproved of her relationship with him. The duo, thereafter, began living together in the Mehrauli area of Delhi. Aftab was reportedly miffed with the victim for asking him to marry her. On May 18 this year, he strangled her to death.

The accused then purchased a refrigerator and stored her body in it for several days. He chopped his partner into 35 pieces and disposed of them at 18 different locations in Delhi. Reportedly, he would go out every night at 2 am to dump the body parts and destroy the evidence of his heinous crime. Shraddha’s family kept track of her whereabouts through her social media posts.

When she stopped posting updates, her family grew worried. Shraddha’s father went to Delhi but was unable to find her. Thereafter, he lodged a complaint with the police. The arrest of Aftab on Saturday (November 12) thus brought closure to the 6-month-old case.

Shraddha Murder case: Aftab read about human anatomy, his previous job as hotel chef helped him in dismembering Shraddha

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Shraddha Murder case: Aftab read about human anatomy, his previous job as hotel chef helped him in dismembering Shraddha

In a shocking revelation, in the Shraddha Walker murder case, the Delhi Police on Monday stated that the accused identified as Aftab Amin Poonawalla had searched on the internet for the method to clean the blood after murdering his live-in partner and that he had read about human anatomy before chopping her body into 35 small pieces.

The Delhi Police solved a six-month-old murder case and arrested the accused for murdering his 28-year-old live-in partner. The police interrogated Aftab during which he confessed that he had read about human anatomy before chopping the woman into 35 pieces. They seized his electronic devices to verify that the accused googled about methods to clean the blood stains after executing the murder on May 18 this year.

The police further said that the accused had specially purchased a refrigerator to store 35 pieces of Shraddha’s dead body. Later he began disposing off the body parts at different locations in and around Delhi during the night hours for the next 18 days. Aftab stayed in the same room where he had murdered the woman and used to look at the face of the woman that he had chopped off and kept in the refrigerator. According to the police, the accused also cleaned the fridge after disposing of the body parts in various parts of Delhi.

The accused was arrested by the police on Monday in the brutal murder case. He was arrested based on the complaint lodged by Shraddha’s father on November 10. Aftab and Shraddha met and began dating while working at a call center in Mumbai. After her family disapproved of their relationship, the pair eloped to Delhi and began living together.

Meanwhile, Shraddha’s family would monitor her posts on social media to see how she was doing. Shraddha’s father got worried on failing to get any updates about his daughter from her social media account for a long time. He was also informed by some of her friends that she was not seen around for a long time. 

After this, Shraddha’s father who is a resident of the Palghar district of Maharashtra, reached Delhi to look for his daughter. Later he complained to the Delhi Police after she remained untraceable in the city. He said that his daughter used to work at a call center in Mumbai, where she met a man named Aftab and had a close relationship with him. Both of them had begun to like each other, but her family was not pleased. According to the police, his daughter and Aftab left Mumbai and moved to Delhi, where they settled in the Chhatarpur area.

Aftab and Shraddha shared an acrimonious relationship, routinely fought with each other

Following the father’s complaint, the Delhi Police launched an investigation and eventually apprehended Aftab using technical surveillance. The accused during the interrogation confessed to the crime and said that they shifted to Delhi by April-end or May first week after facing opposition from their families. He also said that they used to have regular fights during their relationship.

The duo suspected each other of cheating and often asked for GPS details and photographs of the surroundings. To make their relationship better, they also had planned a trip to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in April this year. It is after the trip that they decided to move to Delhi.

However, on May 18, three days after they shifted to Delhi, they again got into a fight which concluded in Shraddha’s death this time. “We suspect the woman was shouting or screaming during the fight, and the man tried to silence her by strangling and overpowering her. She died during the struggle,” said Additional DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan.

Aftab kept changing statements, his past job as a chef helped in chopping Shraddha’s body: Delhi Police

The police also said that the accused kept on changing his statements during the interrogation. Earlier he had told the police that the duo had an argument and Shraddha had left him after they fought. “In May 2022, we argued. Shraddha left and since then, I don’t know her whereabouts,” police quoted Aaftab as saying during the interrogation. Later, however, he happened to confess the crime of killing her.

Reports also mention that the accused had earlier worked as a chef in a Mumbai-based restaurant. During the chef training, he was taught how to cut meat into small pieces and preserve them in refrigeration. The job had also taught him tips and tricks to maintain cleanliness after chopping the meat. According to the police, Aftab’s former job as a chef helped him in clinically chopping Shraddha’s dead body into 35 pieces.

Aftab influenced by Hollywood thrillers and Dexter web-series to conceal evidence

The police also stated that the accused was influenced by Hollywood thriller movies and web series which helped him in concealing the evidence for almost three months. “Recently he had watched a web series named Dexter. This probably helped him make a plan to execute the murder and hide the evidence”, the police said. As reported earlier, the accused also entertained other women after he murdered Shraddha. He had installed the dating App Bumble shortly after the murder and hosted another woman who was a psychologist by profession. She visited his house a couple of times in June and July when Shraddha’s body parts were still in the fridge and the kitchen.

Though the police have nabbed the accused and has sent him to five-day remand, the weapon with which Aftab severed Shraddha’s dead body is yet to be recovered. The accused has been arrested and a case under IPC section 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed) has been registered. Further investigations in the case are underway.

Shraddha’s father suspects ‘Love Jihad’ angle in the case, demands the death penalty for Aftab Amin

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Shraddha’s father suspects ‘Love Jihad’ angle in the case, demands the death penalty for Aftab Amin

More details are emerging in the Shraddha Walkar murder case. The father of the 26-year-old girl who was strangulated and butchered into pieces by her live-in partner Aftab Amin is reportedly suspecting a ‘love jihad’ angle in the case and demanded the death penalty for the accused perpetrator.

Speaking to ANI, Shraddha’s father, Vikas Madan Walker said, “I suspected a love jihad angle. We demand the death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police and the probe moving in the right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle and didn’t talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the first complaint in Mumbai’s Vasai.”

Aftab Poonawalla, the accused in the murder of Shraddha Walker, was a food blogger who used to work at a call centre in the national capital, according to a Delhi Police investigation. The police are now looking into whether he rented a residence in Delhi’s Chhatarpur neighbourhood as part of a conspiracy to kill the victim.

Shraddha Walker’s father, Vikas Madan Walker filed a missing person report at Mehrauli Police Station, South Delhi district on November 10. Based on his complaint, an FIR was registered by the police and an investigation was initiated to find Shraddha. During the investigation, the police found that Aftab Amin Poonawala, with whom Shraddha was in a live-in relationship, allegedly killed her in May. He reportedly chopped her into 35 pieces and disposed of them one by one.

According to the FIR, Shraddha’s family was opposed to the relationship because Aftab was a Muslim. They also objected to Shraddha’s decision to live with Aftab. However, Shraddha was adamant about her decision. The FIR noted after her parents announced their disapproval of the relationship with Aftab, she said, “I am 25 years old. I have full right to take my own decisions. I want to have a live-in relationship with Aftab. From today, you can think you never had a daughter.” She packed her belongings and left the house. Vikas and his wife, late Suman Madan Walker, tried to stop her, but she did not listen.

The FIR noted that Shraddha frequently called her mother and informed her that Aftab often fought with her and physically assaulted her as well.

In his complaint, Vikas said, “The relationship between my daughter and Aftab was not good. I am confident that he is behind her disappearance. Either he has hidden her somewhere or has done something wrong.”

Police arrested Aftab for Shraddha’s murder

After filing FIR under Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, the Delhi Police initiated an investigation. During the probe, they found out that Aftab had killed Shraddha in May this year. Reports suggest Aftab kept on changing his statements during questioning.

Aftab told police that the duo got into an argument, and he strangulated her. Later, he chopped her dead body into 35 pieces. He brought a new fridge to store the pieces. Aftab left his apartment with one piece of the dead body wrapped in plastic daily and disposed of it off in a forest area.

“It is learned that after the murder, Aftab used to come back home by 6-7 pm and then used to take the pieces of the dead body kept in the fridge for disposal in the dead of the night. The accused used to carry the pieces of the carcass in a black foil but had thrown the pieces out of the foil in the forest, making it difficult to ascertain if the pieces were thrown or the remains were due to animal hunting,” ANI quoted a source as saying.

Reports suggest after murdering Shraddha, he installed a dating app and dated another woman. While the parts of Shraddha’s body were in the fridge and kitchen, Aftab brought another woman to the apartment a few times on dates.

Shraddha murder case: Aftab Amin had sex with multiple women in his house while his victim’s dismembered body was lying in the fridge

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Shraddha murder case: Aftab Amin had sex with multiple women in his house while his victim’s dismembered body was lying in the fridge

On Tuesday, November 15, the Delhi police probing the barbaric murder of 26-year-old Shraddha Walkar revealed that the accused, Aftab Amin Poonawalla, continued bringing other women home and had sex with them while Shraddha’s dismembered body remained in his fridge, reports News 18. The police confirmed that the disturbing disclosure was made by the accused Aftab during his interrogation.

Aftab confessed that he kept meeting other women through the dating app after he killed Shraddha in May this year. He brought those women to his house in Chhattarpur Pahadi in south Delhi where he had sex with them. All this while, Shraddha Vikas Walkar’s body which he chopped into 35 pieces kept lying in that refrigerator frozen, wrapped in multiple plastic bags.

The police further said that even though those women who frequented Aftab’s house noticed many incense sticks lit in the residence, a strong fragrance of room fresheners, and a harsh stench of chlorine, they did not suspect a cover-up.

OpIndia reported earlier in the day how Aftab installed the dating App Bumble shortly after the murder. On the dating app, he got in touch with another woman who was a psychologist by profession. Notably, Bumble is the same dating app where he got in touch with Shraddha for the first time in 2019, stated Indian Express while quoting sources.

The report mentioned that the other woman whom Aftab got in touch with on the dating app had visited his house a couple of times in June and July. Shraddha’s body parts were still in the fridge and the kitchen while Aftab hosted the new woman at his flat.

Aftab purchased the fridge recently with the sole purpose of stashing the dismembered body parts of Shraddha: Delhi police

The cops also learned that Aftab purchased the refrigerator recently for the sole purpose of storing the woman’s decomposing body parts. “After strangulating her, the man wanted to dispose of the body in order to escape. Since the body has started decomposing he bought the refrigerator. He even ordered bleach online to wash the body parts as it had started emanating a foul smell. We will check his phone and computer to find what all did he order during that period and then establish a sequence of events. He has also told us that the saw he used to cut Walkar’s body into more than 30 pieces, was bought from a local shop in Chhattarpur area,” News 18 quoted a police officer who was part of the investigation team but did not want to be identified as saying.

On November 14, reports emerged that a man identified as Aftab Ameen Poonawalla allegedly killed his live-in partner, a Hindu woman identified as Shraddha, in May this year. He allegedly chopped her body in 35 pieces, stored them in a newly brought fridge, and disposed of them one piece at a time for several days.

Reportedly, he would go out every night at 2 am to dump the body parts and destroy the evidence of his heinous crime. Shraddha’s family kept track of her whereabouts through her social media posts.

When she stopped posting updates, her family grew worried. Shraddha’s father went to Delhi but was unable to find her. Thereafter, he lodged a complaint with the police. The arrest of Aftab on Saturday (November 12) thus brought closure to the 6-month-old case.

Shraddha broke relations with her parents when they objected to her ‘interfaith’ relationship with Aftab: Read what her father told police

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Shraddha broke relations with her parents when they objected to her ‘interfaith’ relationship with Aftab: Read what her father told police

On November 10, Shraddha Walker’s father, Vikas Madan Walker, filed a missing person report at Mehrauli Police Station, South Delhi district. Based on his complaint, an FIR was registered by the police and an investigation was initiated to find Shraddha. During the investigation, the police found that Aftab Amin Poonawala, with whom Shraddha was in a live-in relationship, allegedly killed her in May. He reportedly chopped her into 35 pieces and disposed of them one by one.

Details of the FIR

In the FIR, Vikas said in 2018, Shraddha used to work at a call centre in Malad, Mumbai. Aftab was her colleague at the office. After eight or nine months, Shraddha’s parents came to know that she was in a relationship with Aftab.

Excerpt of FIR based on Shraddha’s father’s complaint.

In 2019, Shraddha told her mother that she wanted to have a live-in relationship with Aftab. As Vikas’s family is Hindu and Aftab is Muslim, they refused to allow her to get into a live-in relationship with him. Vikas said in the complaint that inter-caste or inter-religion marriages did not happen in his community.

However, Shraddha was adamant about her decision. The FIR noted after her parents announced their disapproval of the relationship with Aftab, she said, “I am 25 years old. I have full right to take my own decisions. I want to have a live-in relationship with Aftab. From today, you can think you never had a daughter.” She packed her belongings and left the house. Vikas and his wife late, Suman Madan Walker, tried to stop her, but she did not listen.

Shraddha’s friends informed the parents about her whereabouts from time to time. The FIR noted that her parents came to know that the duo had shifted to Naya Gaon and later to Vasai. Meanwhile, Shraddha started calling her mother and informed her that Aftab often fought with her and physically assaulted her as well.

On January 1, 2020, Shraddha’s mother Suman passed away. Around 20 days after her death, Shraddha called her father a couple of times. She informed him that Aftab had physically assaulted her. A month later, she met Vikas and said the same about Aftab. He requested her to leave Aftab and come back home. However, Aftab apologised to her, and she went back.

Later, her father contacted two of her friends, Shivani and Laxman, who informed him that the relationship between Shraddha and Aftab was not healthy, and he used to physically assault her. Vikas was not in contact with her daughter since she refused to return.

On September 14, Laxman called Vikas’s son Shreejay and informed her that he could not contact Shraddha for two months. On September 15, Vikas called Laxman. He told Shraddha’s father that he was in regular contact with Shraddha, but her phone had been switched off for the last two months. Vikas tried her phone, but it did not connect. He decided to file a complaint at Manikpur Police Station.

Manikpur Police transferred the case to Mehrauli Police Station and informed her father that the duo had shifted to Delhi. Vikas mentioned in his complaint that he tried finding his daughter but could not trace her. In his complaint, Vikas said, “The relationship between my daughter and Aftab was not good. I am confident that he is behind her disappearance. Either he has hidden her somewhere or has done something wrong.”

Police arrested Aftab for Shraddha’s murder

After filing FIR under Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, the Delhi Police initiated an investigation. During the probe, they found out that Aftab had killed Shraddha in May this year. Reports suggest Aftab kept on changing his statements during questioning.

Aftab told police that the duo got into an argument, and he strangulated her. Later, he chopped her dead body into 35 pieces. He brought a new fridge to store the pieces. Aftab left his apartment with one piece of the dead body wrapped in plastic daily and disposed of it off in a forest area.

Reports suggest after murdering Shraddha, he installed a dating app and dated another woman. While Shraddha’s dead body pieces were in the fridge and kitchen, Aftab brought another woman to the apartment a few times on the date.

Aftab Amin has no remorse for killing Shraddha, say Delhi Police: Watch first visuals of him in lock-up

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Aftab Amin has no remorse for killing Shraddha, say Delhi Police: Watch first visuals of him in lock-up

The first visuals of Aftab Amin Poonawala, the accused perpetrator in the Shraddha Madan murder case, lying in a Mehrauli Police station lockup have gone viral on social media. The video was shared by Journalist Rohan Dua on Twitter.

According to the Delhi Police, Aftab showed no remorse for murdering Shraddha. The only time he cried was reportedly when his father visited the police station after his arrest. Reportedly, Aftab talks in “accented English”.

Aftab Amin, 28, who eloped with Shraddha from Mumbai, and chopped her into 35 pieces in a rented residence in Chhatarpur, was apprehended by the police on Saturday (November 12).

Aftab was allegedly irritated by the victim’s request to marry him. He strangled her to death on May 18, this year. Aftab, who had previously worked as a cook, sliced the body parts with an iron saw, which is used to cut wood and trees. He also threw the blood-soaked clothing in the bin. After that, the accused bought a refrigerator and kept her body in it for many days. He cut her into 35 pieces and disposed of them in 18 different sites around Delhi.

He allegedly went out every night at 2 a.m. to dispose of the body parts and eliminate the evidence of his horrible murder. Shraddha’s family tracked her activities via social media posts.

When she stopped posting updates, her family grew worried. Shraddha’s father went to Delhi but was unable to find her. Thereafter, he lodged a complaint with the police. The arrest of Aftab on Saturday (November 12) thus brought closure to the 6-month-old case.

According to recent revelations, Poonawala invited other women on dates to his flat while butchered pieces of Shraddha’s body remained in the refrigerator.

The religious affiliation of Aftab Amin Poonawalla

When word of the horrible incident spread, the typical suspects began questioning Aftab Amin Poonawalla’s religious beliefs. They said that the accused is a Parsi by faith and that his heinous crime was being utilised to slander the Muslim community.

The reality, on the other hand, is frequently far from it. Aftab admitted to being a Muslim in a social media post in 2014. The murder suspect has an Instagram account with the handle @thehungrychokro.

The religious affiliation of the accused is also revealed in the complaint, which was submitted to the police by the victim’s father and is attached to the case’s First Information Report (FIR).

Copy of the FIR in Shraddha murder case.

“My daughter had told my wife in 2019 that she wants to stay in a live-in relationship with Aftab Amin Poonawalla. I and my wife had said ‘No’ to it. This is because we are Hindus and belong to the Koli caste. And the boy is a Muslim,” the complaint read.

It further added, “In our place, we do not engage in inter-caste, inter-faith relationships.” It is thus clear that Aftab Amin Poonwalla is a Muslim by Faith and not a Parsi, as claimed by several users on social media.

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