Shraddha's Father Demands Death Penalty For Aftab, Cops Looking For Weapon Used In Chopping Body: What We Know So far

Shraddha's father has demanded a death sentence for the accused.

Shraddha was brutally murdered by her boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala

In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old man, Aftab Ameen Poonawala was arrested on November 11 for allegedly strangulating his 26-year-old live-in partner, chopping her body into 35 pieces and dumping them across Delhi's Mehrauli forest for over 18 days. He was nabbed by the police after his girlfriend Shraddha Madan's father filed a missing person complaint with the Mumbai police.

Here's what we know so far about the heinous crime-

• The victim's father has demanded a death sentence for the accused. "We demand death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police & probe moving in right direction. Sharaddha was close to her uncle, didn't talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the 1st complaint in Vasai,'' ANI quoted Shraddha's father Vikas Walker saying.
• The Delhi police had taken the accused to the jungle area where he had allegedly dumped her body parts, to recover other body parts. 
• Police said they are searching for the murder weapon which was used to chop her body parts.
• Aftab operated Shraddha's Instagram account until June to give the impression that she is alive, police added. 
• He dumped her phone, her last location is being traced so that it can be retrieved.
• Shraddha and Aftab's common friend is to be questioned by the police.
• Police revealed that Poonawala continued to meet several women on the dating app after killing Walkar.
• He slept in the same room every day where he had chopped the vimtic's body to avoid raising suspicion.
• He will be taken to his Delhi home by the cops to re-create the crime scene.
• Aftab and Shraddha met through a dating app in Mumbai in 2019.
• After her family did not approve of their relationship, the couple eloped to Delhi and began a live-in relationship. 
• They arrived in Delhi on May 8. They first spent a day in a hotel and a few days in a hostel before moving into an apartment in the Mehrauli neighborhood on May 15.
• On May 18, Aftab brutally killed her and chopped off her body after they had an argument over their wedding. He revealed to the police that Shraddha was pressuring him into a marriage which would often lead to frequent fights between them.
• The accused brought a refrigerator where he kept his partner's dismembered remains for 18 days before disposing of them.
• Every day after 2 am he would dump the body parts in the forest areas. Cops are still looking for the body parts, they have found 14 parts as of now. 
• In September, Shraddha’s friend told her brother that there was no contact with her for 2.5 months. Her father filed a missing person complaint in Mumbai on October 12 after he failed to contact her as well.
• He was called for questioning by the Mumbai police on November 3, where he told the cops that the victim has moved out of the home after a fight.
• He was arrested from his house in Chhatarpur Pahadi on November 11.
• Trained as a chef, he took inspiration from the drama series 'Dexter' on how to dispose of the body.