How Aftab killed Shraddha, dismembered her, dumped her body parts

The Saket court in Delhi on Tuesday took cognisance of the 6629page charge sheet filed by the Delhi policersquos special investigation team SIT probing the brutal murder of Vasai resident Shraddha Walkar The charge sheet mentions chilling details of how Walkarrsquos livein partner Aftab Poonawala killed her chopped her body into 17 pieces used a blowtorch and stone grinder to crush bone joints and disposed of the sameThe charge sheet revealed that Poonawala had tonsured Walkarrsquos head and dumped her hair near a beer shop in Gurugram It also added that at first he had caught a big suitcase worth Rs 2000 to dispose of the body But as it did not fit he decided to chop the body The arrested accused had used a hacksaw three blades a saw a hammer a Chinese chopper and a stone grinder to cut Walkarrsquos body into smaller piecesAftab Poonawala and Shraddha WalkarApart from a fridge he had also bought dry ice so that the severed body parts remain frozen He then put the pieces in trash bags and dumped them in the forest areas of Gurugram Mehrauli in Delhi The cops have also mentioned that Poonawala disposed of her documents and cards in Bhayandar creek during his visit to the cityAlso read Mehrauli murder case Shraddha Walkars father demands action against policemen who did not act on complaintsThe murderAs per the charge sheet which the SIT filed before the Saket court on January 24 Walkar and Poonawala had a disagreement on May 18 as the latter refused to travel to Mumbai to get the former her belongings It added that unhappy about Poonawalarsquos refusal Walkar started to abuse him It further stated that as the relationship between the two of them had already soured and Poonawala wanted to get rid of Walkar he pinned her down sat on her chest and strangled her between 150 pm and 745 pm on May 18 2022The flat in Chhattarpur where the couple used to liveThe charge sheet which also carried witness statements mentions that Poonawala was aggressive and used to beat Walkar up over petty issues ldquoThis is clear that tortured and tormented Shraddha decided to break up with the accused several times but she could not because she had no support system She was largely banking on the accused or rather she was at a point of no returnrdquo it readDisposing body partsldquoAfter killing Shraddha I closed the main door of the house at around 745 pm and went to a nearby hardware shop on 60 Feet Road Chhattarpur Pahadi Delhi and purchased a saw three blades a hammer and plastic clipsrdquo reads the chargesheetThe charge sheet further quoted Poonawala as saying that he then shifted Walkarrsquos body to the bathroom chopped her wrists using the saw He then kept the severed hands in a plastic bag in a cabinet under the water camperldquoOn the next night of murder ie 1920052022 at around 2 AM I disposed of one thigh part of the dead body in the jungle of Chattarpur Over the next 45 days I cut the body in 17 pieces three pieces of each hand three pieces of each leg head torso two pieces of pelvic region and thumbrdquo reads the chargesheetPoonawala told Delhi cops ldquoI used to dispose of the body parts one by one as per my convenience I bought a fridge on 19052022 to store the remaining body parts to prevent it from decomposingrdquoHe also told the cops that he got rid of Walkarrsquos credit and debit cards as well as documents at Bhayandar creek before he visited Manikpur police station in Vasai on October 2223 2022 It was Manikpur police which had first filed a missing report which was then transferred to Meherauli police in Delhi based on Walkarrsquos last locationCouples counsellingThe Delhi cops have also mentioned the premise that led to the murder As per a disclosure Poonawala made on November 12 2022 he and Walkar had opted for counselling via Practo appThe cops had written to the app and got a copy of the audio and video of the counselling session The audio was then played to Walkarrsquos father Vikas and Badri a Mehrauli resident who had befriended the couple to confirm the voicesIn addition two psychologists were also approached who confirmed that they had counselled the duo The charge sheet also mentioned that two of the couplersquos neighbours in Mehrauli had spotted them having a heated argument on the day of the murder