An FIR has been filed against the man under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as relevant sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act (commonly called love jihad law).
Upon tracing, the location of the May 26 bank transaction turned out to be the Mehrauli police station area, which made police question Aftab that if Shraddha took her phone while leaving, and how can its location be traced to his flat? To this Aftab had no answer and confessed to his crime.