Aaftab reveals he is drug addict, smoked weed on day of murder

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Nov 18, 2022: Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, who is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, told police that he is addicted to marijuana and strangled Shraddha to death under the influence of weed on May 18, sources said.

 

During interrogation, Aaftab said Shraddha often scolded him for smoking marijuana and on the day of the murder, both had a fight throughout the day regarding expenses and who would bring their luggage from Mumbai to Delhi as both were facing a cash crunch.

After a heated exchange, Aaftab went out, smoked marijuana and came back. Aaftab told police that he did not want to kill Shraddha, but under the influence of marijuana, he strangled her to death.

On May 18, Shraddha was strangled to death between 9 and 10 pm and Aaftab stayed near the body throughout the night smoking a cigarette filled with marijuana, Delhi Police sources said.

After the murder, Aaftab chopped her body into 35 pieces, stored them in a 300-litre fridge and dumped them at several places in Mehrauli forest.

From a suspiciously high water bill to forensic evidence indicating traces of blood in the flat, despite Aaftab’s attempt to wipe it off with chemicals, the probe team discovered crucial clues on Thursday. The forensic team found what they believe are Shraddha’s bones inside Mehrauli drains.

A Delhi court on Thursday granted the Delhi Police 5-day custody of Aaftab Poonawala. The court also allowed police to conduct a narco-analysis test on Aaftab after noting that the accused has also given consent for the same.

According to sources, police are likely to take Aaftab to other locations like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where the accused had gone with Shraddha. During interrogation, Aaftab told officers that he threw some body parts at Dehradun too, sources said.

After two days of search for Shraddha’s body parts in the Mehrauli forest area, key evidence remains to be gathered, such as the knife Aaftab used, the victim’s severed head or any other identifiable body part, the clothes she was wearing that day or her phone that Aaftab dumped either in Maharashtra or Delhi.

Courtesy: India Today