Aftab Poonawalla in CBI headquarters for voice sampling test

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Dec
26:
Aftab
Poonawalla,
,
accused
of
brutally
killing
her
his
live-in
partner
Shraddha
Walkar
in
Delhi’s
Mehrauli
and
dismembering
her
body,
has
brought
to
CBI
headquarters
for
the
voice
sampling
test.

Earlier,
Delhi
court
had
allowed
the
city
police’s
application
to
obtain
voice
sample
of
Aftab.
The
voice
sample
test
will
be
conducted
on
Monday
morning
at
the
CBI
headquarters,
the
court
said.

According
to
reports,
Delhi
Police
has
received
huge
audio
evidence
in
Shraddha’s
murder
case.
In
this
audio,
an
argument
can
be
heard
between
Aftab
and
Shraddha.
Aaftab
is
heard
using
abusive
language
against
Shraddha.
Delhi
Police
is
treating
this
audio
as
a
major
evidence
as
it
will
be
a
crucial
proof
to
establish
that
Shraddha
was
being
harassed
by
Aftab.
Officials
related
to
the
investigation
of
this
case
say
that
this
audio
can
be
of
great
benefit
in
finding
the
exact
motive
of
the
murder.
The
police
will
take
a
sample
of
Aftab’s
voice
to
match
this
audio.

Aftab’s
judicial
custody
extended
for
14
days
in
Shraddha
Walkar
murder
case

On
Thursday,
the
court
had
dismissed
Poonawala’s
bail
plea
as
withdrawn
and
not
pressed,
days
after
he
claimed
he
had
no
inkling
of
his
lawyer
moving
a
bail
application.
Poonawala,
accused
of
killing
Shraddha
Walkar
and
chopping
her
body
into
pieces,
appeared
before
the
court
on
Thursday
through
video
conference
and
said
he
wished
to
withdraw
the
bail
application.
“Applicant
(Poonawala)
submits
that
he
does
not
want
to
press
the
bail
application
at
the
present
stage
and
seeks
to
withdraw
it.
Bail
petition
dismissed
as
withdrawn
and
not
pressed,”
Additional
Sessions
Judge
Vrinda
Kumari
said.

During
the
proceedings
that
started
around
11
am,
the
judge
asked
Poonawala
twice
whether
he
was
willing
to
file
or
withdraw
the
bail
application.
After
Poonawala
informed
the
court
about
his
decision
to
withdraw
the
plea,
the
judge
told
his
advocate
M
S
Khan
that
once
the
accused
had
signed
the
vakalatnama
he
had
authorized
the
counsel
to
represent
him
in
the
legal
proceedings.
“It
was
because
of
a
communication
gap
(between
Khan
and
Poonawala).
It
will
not
happen
again,”
Khan
told
the
court.
Khan
also
informed
the
court
that
he
met
Poonawala
on
Monday
for
around
50
minutes
during
which
his
client
told
him
about
withdrawing
the
plea.
At
the
last
hearing
on
December
17,
Poonawala
informed
the
court
that
though
he
had
signed
the
vakalatnama
he
was
not
aware
that
a
bail
petition
would
be
filed
on
his
behalf.
Khan
had
then
sought
time
from
the
court
to
meet
Poonawala
and
seek
his
instructions.

Aftab,
who
was
arrested
in
November,
underwent
narco
test
and
multiple
rounds
of
polygraph
tests.
According
to
reports,
Aftab
stated
that
he
has
no
remorse
even
if
he
is
hanged
for
the
murder
of
Shraddha
during
the
polygraph
tests
at
the
Forensic
Science
Laboratory
(FSL)
in
Rohini.
He
further
said
that
will
be
remembered
as
a
hero
when
he
enters
(Jannat)
paradise
and
will
be
offered
‘Hoors’.

Aftab
also
admitted
that
while
he
was
in
relationship
with
Shraddha,
he
was
also
having
affairs
with
more
than
20
Hindu
girls.
Aftab
reportedly
met
all
his
alleged
girlfriends
on
‘Bumble’ dating
app.
It
seems
that
he
had
a
very
close
relations
with
some
of
his
girlfriends.

Aftab
Poonawala’s
narco
test
report
submitted
to
police

A
love
story
doomed
from
the
start

Aftab
and
Shraddha
met
through
a
dating
app
Bumble
in
2019
and
later
moved
in
together
at
a
rented
accommodation
in
Delhi’s
Chhattarpur
area.
Her
parents
were
against
the
inter-faith
relationship
and
had
stopped
talking
to
her
after
she
decided
to
move
to
Delhi
with
him.

My
daughter
Shraddha
would
have
been
alive,
want
death
penalty
for
Aftab
says
father

Poonawala
allegedly
strangled
his
live-in
partner,
Shraddha
Walkar,
and
sawed
her
body
into
35
pieces,
which
he
kept
in
a
300-litre
fridge
for
almost
three
weeks
at
his
Mehrauli
residence
in
South
Delhi’s
Mehrauli,
before
dumping
them
across
the
city
over
several
days
in
the
dark
of
night.

Aftab
was
arrested
on
November
12
and
sent
to
five-day
police
custody,
which
was
further
extended
by
five
days
on
November
17.
On
November
22,
he
was
sent
to
police
custody
for
four
days.
The
court
on
November
26,
sent
him
to
judicial
custody
for
13
days.