Several pieces of bones recovered from forested patches in Delhi and Gurugram are of Shraddha Walkar, a forensic report has confirmed, reinforcing the Delhi police’s case against her alleged killer and live-in partner Aftab Poonawala. The DNA in the bone samples matches with that of Walkar’s father, said sources from Delhi police. Until now, the police had only circumstantial evidence to take their case forward.

The bones were collected from the various locations identified by Poonawala, who has apparently told the police that he strangled Walkar in May, chopped her body into dozens of pieces and disposed them of over the next few months. “There are many pieces of evidence against Poonawala and matching of the DNA is going to be a strong evidence against him as the bones were recovered from forest based on his interrogation,” a Delhi police officer told mid-day.