Shraddha Murder Case: Delhi Court Extends Accused Aftab's Judicial Custody By 14 Days

Shraddha Murder Case: Delhi Court Extends Accused Aftab's Judicial Custody By 14 Days

Shraddha Murder Case: Accused Aftab's judicial custody extended by 14 days

Source : PTI

Shraddha Murder Case: A Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of accused Aftab Poonawala by 14 days. He was produced in court. 

The Delhi Police submitted in court that a probe is in progress in the case and requested the court to increase the judicial custody of Aftab. Delhi’s Saket court then ordered the extension of Aftab’s judicial custody.  

Shraddha murder case | Delhi's Saket court extends judicial custody of accused Aaftab Poonawala for 14 days. He was produced through video conferencing. Delhi police sought an extension of judicial custody and submitted that investigation is in progress.

— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2022

The investigating officer of Mehrauli police station joined the courtroom through virtual conferencing. 

Delhi Police are currently awaiting the FSL and DNA reports. 

Earlier it was reported that Aftab Poonawala asked the Tihar jail administration for novels and literature books to read. The jail officials said they are trying to arrange the books for him.

The jail officials have also said the accused is fond of chess and plays solo.

According to sources, Aftab does not talk to anyone. But when two other inmates, lodged in Aftab's cell on charges of theft, play chess, he constantly stares at the chess as if to assess their moves. When he gets time, Aftab starts playing chess alone, they said.

Senior officers of Delhi Police had also said that Aftab seemed to be playing mind games with them during the remand period. 

Aftab had undergone a post-narco test for around one hour and 45 minutes at Tihar Jail as part of the ongoing investigation into the case. In the test, it was found that Aftab has given exactly the same answers to all the questions which were previously asked during his narco test. 

As per reports, Aftab’s post-narco test was conducted by the four-member team of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Tihar Jail, where a room inside the administrative block was set-up for his post-narco test.

Earlier, on December 1, Aftab’s narco test was conducted successfully at a hospital in Rohini. As per the FSL sources, his answers during the narco test and a polygraph test will be analysed, and Aftab will be notified about his responses.

28-year-old Aftab is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar by strangling her and chopping her body into 35 parts, which he reportedly stored in a 300-litre refrigerator at his home in south Delhi’s Mehrauli for about three weeks before disposing them off over several days.