Delhi Shraddha Case : Delhi Police records statement of victim’s close friend in Maharashtra

A Delhi court on Friday ordered the city police to complete Aaftab Amin Poonawala's narco analysis test in connection with the Mehrauli murder within five days and has made it clear that they cannot use any third-degree measures against him, news agency PTI reported. 

The Rohini Forensic Science Laboratory was ordered by Metropolitan Magistrate Vijayshree Rathore to allow the investigating officer (IO) to conduct the accused's narco test within five days.

"The IO is further directed not to use any third-degree measures. MLC be prepared as per rules," the judge said in the order, PTI reported. "The accused is willing for recording his proceedings through his lawyer engaged on his behalf. On questioning the accused further submits that he does not want to engage any private counsel on his behalf," the judge noted in the order.

Poonawala, 28, allegedly murdered his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces, which he kept in a 300-litre fridge at his home in Mehrauli, South Delhi, for nearly three weeks before dumping them throughout the city a few days after midnight.