Simply three days after they moved right into a rented flat in Chhatarpur Pahadi in south Delhi, after a month-long trip to restore their strained relationship, 28-year-old Aaftab Amin Poonawala and his girlfriend Shraddha Vikas Walkar, 27, had a heated argument, mentioned cops conscious of the matter. Poonawala, they mentioned, suspected that Shraddha was concerned with one other man.
The argument was a battle and so they even exchanged blows. This purportedly enraged Poonawala a lot in order that he allegedly pinned Walkar within the mattress, sat on her chest and strangled her to demise –in a match of rage and with none prior planning, mentioned the police, quoting Poonawala’s disclosure.
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Nonetheless, the police added that all the pieces Walkar did in a while – chopping up her physique, disposing of the items after midnight and holding her social media accounts alive – was improvised.
“Though we’ve got causes to imagine that Poonawala killed Walkar in a match of rage, he claimed that he panicked after she died. He then spent all night time planning the methods he may eliminate the physique with out getting caught by native residents or the police. He then recalled all that he had seen on TV reveals, together with Dexter, and determined to place them to make use of,” mentioned an investigator, citing Poonawala’s revelations.
Chopping and preserving the physique components
Poonawala reportedly informed the police that eradicating Walkar’s corpse from the first-floor flat appeared dangerous, so he determined to chop the physique into items and dispose the components throughout the town.
For this, Poonawala went to a close-by market round 10am on Could 19, a day after the homicide, and purchased a hacksaw and three metallic chopping blades for ₹150 from a kitchen utensils retailer. He additionally purchased black plastic rubbish luggage and paid in money, mentioned the officer.
Then, he wanted to determine easy methods to protect the physique components.
“Poonawala visited an equipment store and purchased a fridge for ₹19,000 and used an internet service to pay. The fridge was delivered to his flat inside an hour. He made certain that the labourers who carried the fridge to his home didn’t enter the flat,” the officer mentioned, requesting to not be recognized.
Based on his disclosure assertion, Poonawala first bolted the primary door and the adjoining window from inside after which dragged Walkar’s physique to the toilet from the bed room, the place he eliminated her garments, turned on the faucet after which began chopping up her physique with the hacksaw.
“He turned the water on for 2 causes – to let the blood move into the drain and to make sure the sounds as he chopped up the physique didn’t make its method to neighbours. Poonawala informed us that chopping the physique with the hacksaw was tough, which is why he took two days. Throughout these two days, he didn’t exit and ordered his meals on-line,” added the officer.
After chopping the physique, Poonawala allegedly washed all of the components with water and packed them within the black rubbish luggage, which he stored within the fridge.
Eliminating the physique components
Round 2am on Could 21, he stored one bag with a few chopped physique components in his backpack and left the flat. He walked practically a kilometre and dumped the physique components in a forested space close to Chhatarpur Pahadi crematorium.
He didn’t throw the rubbish bag together with the physique. As a substitute, he disposed of the bag in trash bin on the best way again to his flat, the police mentioned.
“Poonawala informed us that he disposed of the physique components for 3 months. The final physique components he discarded was the top and components of her torso. Throughout that interval, he additionally removed her garments and dumped them in rubbish bins throughout Chhattarpur,” mentioned the officer.
He did the identical together with his blood-stained garments in addition to the hacksaw, which he allegedly threw right into a forested space close to Dhan Mill, a kilometre or so from his home.
Masking the stench
Officers confirmed that Poonawala didn’t make use of a home assist. To masks the odor from Walkar’s stays, Poonawala informed the police that he purchased incense sticks every single day and lit them throughout the flat for days.
The police mentioned Poonawala informed them he used hypochlorous acid and floor-cleaning chemical compounds to scrub up the kitchen, rest room, the ground, and the fridge.
Even then, investigators on Tuesday recovered traces of blood from the kitchen.
Investigators mentioned that Poonawala informed them that after killing Walkar he stored her cellphone on and used her Instagram account to message her associates. He, nonetheless, turned down their calls each time, making excuses each time.
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After Could 31, he switched off her cellphone and threw it right into a river whereas travelling to Mumbai. After coming back from Mumbai, he began working at a name centre in Gurugram, making round ₹52,000 a month.
“We have now learnt that Poonawala was additionally utilizing Walkar’s bank card after her demise. He additionally paid off her bank card dues to make sure that no one suspected she was not alive,” mentioned one other investigator, who requested to not be named.
He didn’t cook dinner at dwelling and ordered meals on-line, mentioned the police.
Poonawala additionally mentioned that a number of weeks after the homicide, he turned energetic on the identical relationship app via which he met Walkar – Bumble.
“He informed us that he met one other lady on the app and the 2 began relationship,” an investigator mentioned.
She even visited the flat the place Walkar was killed, the officer added, after Poonawala was executed disposing of any final traces of his earlier girlfriend.