Shraddha Murder Case: Accused Aftab Poonawala Sent To Judicial Custody For 13 Days

The forensic department confirmed the murder of Shraddha after the DNA of her bones matched with her father’s blood sample.

Aftab Poonawala

Source : ANI

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent Shraddha Walkar murder case accused Aftab Poonawala to judicial custody for 13 days, news agency ANI reported.

Police has also initiated the legal process to produce the accused for further proceedings in the Polygraph Test.

Earlier in the day, the forensic department confirmed the murder of Shraddha after the DNA of her bones matched with her father’s blood sample. The forensic team is said to have given oral information to Delhi Police, it will take a few days to give the complete report, as per sources.

The DNA test report (of the victim's body parts) has not been received by the police, Sagar Preet Hooda, Special CP (Law & Order), Delhi Police said, as reported by ANI.

Meanwhile, Shraddha Walkar’s father Vikas on Saturday said that accused Aftab had casually told him that he killed Shraddha, and it was exactly in the manner she had mentioned in her police complaint. 

Talking exclusively to ABP News, Vikas Walkar said, “He told me very casually, in a normal manner that ‘she is no more’ and admitted that he killed her.”

Meanwhile, Delhi Police and Forensic sources have informed that if Aftab's health is fine, his narco test will be conducted on Monday. Earlier on Friday, Aftab arrived at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Delhi for his second polygraph test. On Thursday, he endured an almost eight-hour marathon polygraph exam. However, because he was ill, staff at the institution found it impossible to record his remarks.

Aftab Poonawala allegedly murdered Shraddha in Delhi in May this year. According to police, he allegedly strangled Shraddha and chopped her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at their residence before dumping them across the national capital over several days past midnight.