The mystery of Shraddha's murder is getting tangled, many questions remain unanswered

Students Pay Tribute to Shraddha Walker। Photo:PTI

Aftab Amin Poonawala along with Shraddha Walker arrived in Delhi from Mumbai, India on May 8. That is exactly 10 days before Shraddha was killed. Apparently, the matter seems to have come to Delhi for a pre-planned plot and murder, but the investigators are still unable to reconcile some accounts.

Investigators learned that Aftab had come with a new call center job in Delhi.

Shraddha too came to a new city and started looking for a job. The question arises, if premeditated murder was the aim, then what was the need to get a new job in Delhi and do that job? Aftab could have killed any excuse and escaped from Delhi! Why did he remain at the crime scene for five months?

Apart from this, the police is confused about another information that has emerged in the investigation. The police have learned that a few days before coming to Delhi, Shraddha's parents had a fight with Aftab. Aftab's family did not approve of the two. Shraddha-Aftab thought of leaving their home in Mumbai and going to Delhi because of their parents' objection. Just waiting for someone to get a job in Delhi. Aftab moved to Delhi to get that job.

If the purpose of coming to Delhi is to avoid obstacles and start a new life, why did Aftab kill Shraddha? - This question arose in the mind of the investigators.

After arriving in Delhi on May 8, Aftab and Shraddha spent the first night in a hotel in Paharganj. Change hotel again next day. The third night is spent in Delhi at the house of an acquaintance of Aftab. A few days later, Shraddha bought a new flat in Delhi. That is around May 13. Within a few days, Aftab killed his live-in partner on May 18. He even told the police that on the day he killed Shraddha, he had wanted to kill Shraddha a few days before.

The question of the investigators is, if the intention was to kill, then why did Aftab go to rent a flat. And why did he go there for months! Aftab suddenly thought of murdering Shraddha, according to a section of the investigators. Out of anger he sometimes tortured Shraddha. He took the decision to kill from that boundless anger.

Meanwhile, the police recovered 13 bones from the forest of Mehrauli in Delhi after searching for three days. But DNA analysis is necessary to confirm whether those bones belong to Shraddha or not, police said. A team of forensic experts has already been formed to examine the bones. The bones are so old that forensic experts face considerable challenges in finding DNA from them. They claim that it will take at least two weeks to complete the entire process.

On May 18, live-in partner Shraddha Walker was killed by her boyfriend Aftab Amin Poonawala in Mehrauli, Delhi. Then, inspired by a foreign web series, he chopped Shraddha's body into 35 pieces. He also bought a new refrigerator to store the dead body. After that, for 18 days, Aftab spread the pieces of Shraddha's body in different places in the forest of Delhi's Chhatarpur enclave. In order to avoid suspicion, the police came to know that Aftab used to leave the house around 2 am every night with body parts in a polybag.

Aftab was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday following a complaint filed by Shraddha's father. The investigation is going on. A section of Indian legal experts believe that if Aftab's crime is proven in court, it is likely to be called 'the rarest of the rare'. The court has already approved Aftab Amin Poonawala, the accused in the case, to undergo a 'narco-analysis test', which is usually administered to suspects in major crimes.

Meanwhile, seeing the nature of the case, a section of Delhi lawyers think that the court may finally hand over the investigation of Shraddha's murder to India's Central Investigation Agency (CBI).

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