New Delhi: Aaftab Amin Poonawala has disclosed that he was associates with a number of ladies, together with one in Dubai, and his live-in associate Shraddha Walkar doubted his constancy which led to arguments between them, the Delhi Police claimed in its cost sheet within the Mehrauli homicide case.
Poonawala, who’s accused of strangling Walkar and disposing of her physique after chopping it into items, had attended a two-week “butchering course” whereas he was pursuing his diploma in resort administration in Mumbai, in line with it.
Walkar additionally advised one of many witnesses examined by police that she used to take frequent depart from work on the pretext of sickness as a result of Poonawala used to beat her, the cost sheet stated.
Poonawala disclosed that he had “friendship” with a number of ladies, together with a girl residing in Dubai, police stated in its cost sheet and added that he was additionally associates with a girl residing in Nagpur and one other dwelling in Gurugram.
“Walkar doubted that he was cheating on her and he also disclosed that it was the main issue of his quarrel with Walkar. He disclosed that he used to beat her over these issues,” the cost sheet stated.
It stated Poonwala after Walkar’s demise grew to become associates with a girl. “He had shifted Walkar’s dismembered body from a refrigerator (after cleaning it) to the kitchen cabinet when she visited the accused’s residence,” the cost sheet stated.
“Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Rohini, team inspected the room, washroom, fridge and kitchen of the flat and found blood spots at the back side of the plyboard of the lower kitchen cabinet where the accused used to keep the pieces of the dead body whenever his new friend? used to visit him at his flat,” the cost sheet stated.
“Whenever (Poonawala’s friend) used to visit my flat I used to clean the refrigerator and put the body parts of Walkar in the lower cabinet of the kitchen. After her departure, I used to keep the remaining body parts that is the head, torso and both forearms, in the refrigerator,” the cost sheet stated quoting Poonawala.
Poonawala had even gifted her Walkar’s silver ring to his “new friend”, the cost sheet stated.
“On November 11, 2022? (she)…Joined the investigation and handed over the silver ring and stated that this was the same ring that Poonawala gifted to her. Later on, the said ring was identified by (two of her friends) during test identification proceedings (TIP) as the Walkar’s ring,” it stated.
It claimed Poonawala additionally said the circumstances underneath which Walkar had filed a grievance in opposition to him in Mumbai.
In line with the cost sheet, Walkar used to work at a name centre in Mumbai and advised her staff chief that she was unable to come back to workplace as Poonawala had crushed her.
“Walkar also told him that she used to take frequent leave because of beatings of Poonawala and used to pretend of being ill. On March 18, 2021, she left the job,” it stated.
It stated that considered one of Walkar’s associates advised police that in July 2021, she knowledgeable him that Poonawala would kill her if she stayed with him.
“From the statement, it is evident that the accused, Poonawala, was frequently violent with Walkar and their relationship was not healthy,” the cost sheet stated.
It additionally claimed that through the preliminary inquiry, Poonawala was “evasive” in his replies and knowledgeable police that Walkar had left him and gone to an unknown place on Could 5 final 12 months.
Walkar got here again the subsequent month and took away her belongings, following which Poonawala had no contact along with her, the chargesheet stated citing his earlier assertion.
“During this initial inquiry, he was evasive in his reply and despite the fact that Walkar was with him for the last so many years, he was not able to tell as to where she had gone after June 13 and further, he did not inform either family members of Walkar or any common friend. Hence, a reasonable suspicion arose,” the cost sheet stated.
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