The Delhi Police concluded its arguments on Monday regarding the case of Shraddha Walkar's murder. The charges are directed towards Aftab Amin Poonawala, who stands accused of killing his 27-year-old partner with whom he was living in south Delhi's Mehrauli.
๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ: ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ต๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Aftab appeared in the Saket court where the father of the deceased also attended the hearing. Delhi Police said, "there are clearly Incriminating Circumstances, revealed through reliable and clinching evidence. The chain of events leads to an irresistible conclusion about the guilt of the accused for an offence under 302/201 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)."
The Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs), Amit Prasad and Madhukar Pandey, presented their case for Delhi Police and argued that there is substantial circumstantial evidence to accuse the defendant of murder and destroying evidence.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐
The SPPs put forward six relevant circumstances and three eyewitnesses who saw the victim for the last time before her murder. They also mentioned a violent history in the live-in relationship between the accused and the victim. "During the time they lived together, there was a history of violence," stated the SPPs.
The Delhi Police announced that they have obtained records from the Vasai Police Station in Mumbai regarding a complaint lodged by Shraddha on November 23, 2022.
Based on Delhi Police reports, Shraddha had accused Aftab of physically assaulting her, attempting to murder her, and threatening to dismember her body and dispose of it.
๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐
The counsel for Delhi Police also submitted that she was taking counselling from doctors from the "Practo" app.
In one of the recordings, she was also confessing to the doctor (counsellor) that one day Aftab grabbed her throat. "I was totally blacked out and was not able to breathe," Shraddha could be heard in the recording.
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ต๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
Digital evidence along with three mobile phones of Shraddha was also submitted to the court. "There is also limited social activity to create a facade that Shraddha was alive," Delhi Police said.
"There is evidence related to the transaction from the two bank accounts of Shraddha. She had one credit card," SPPs argued
"It is also submitted that there is the recovery of bones, jaw and blood, which were recovered from the fridge and almirah of the room and from different locations," the SPPs said, adding that the identification was established from the DNA sampling.
(With inputs from ANI)
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