Shraddha Murder Case: Accused Aftab Poonawala Moves Bail Plea In Delhi Court, Hearing Tomorrow

Shraddha murder accused Aftab Poonawala is in judicial custody after police interrogation. His bail plea will be heard tomorrow

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New Delhi: Shraddha murder accused Aftab Poonawala has moved an application in Delhi's Saket Court seeking bail in the matter.

Aftab is in judicial custody after police interrogation. His bail plea will be heard tomorrow, news agency ANI reported.

Previously, Police on Thursday claimed that they gathered some key evidence in the Mehrauli murder case, saying the DNA samples extracted from the bones recovered from a forest area and from the blood traces found at the house where Shraddha Walkar was murdered have matched with samples of her father.

The report was received from CFSL (Central Forensic Science Laboratory), Lodhi Road, they said, as per news agency PTI.

The evidence came over a month after Aaftab Poonawala was arrested for allegedly killing his live-in partner Shraddha. The police had recovered 13 bone pieces from the Mehrauli forest and its nearby area while searching for Shraddha's body parts.

"In the Shradha Walkar murder case, Delhi Police has received the DNA report which is helpful. We have also received report of his (Poonawala's) polygraph test from FSL, Rohini, and this report will also help in investigation," Special Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Sagar Preet Hooda told reporters on Thursday, as quoted by PTI.

PTI sources said that the DNA of the bones matches with the samples of Shraddha's father, adding that DNA samples extracted from the blood found at Poonawala's house also matched with samples of her father.

Meanwhile, Lt Governor V K Saxena approved a proposal of Delhi Police to appoint two special public prosecutors -- Madhukar Pandey and Amit Prasad -- in the case.

The report of Aftab Poonawala's polygraph test was submitted to the police by the forensic sciences lab on Wednesday. However, the final report of narco analysis test is still awaited.

Currently, the accused is lodged in Tihar Jail and has also been provided Paul Theroux's railway odyssey 'The Great Railway Bazaar' following his request, as per PTI.

The court on November 26 sent him to judicial custody for 13 days. On Friday, it extended by 14 days the judicial custody of Poonawala till December 23.

After allegedly strangling Shraddha on May 18, her live-in partner sawed her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence before dumping them across the city over several days. 

(With Agency Inputs)