While Vasai’s Manikpur police are bragging about having helped the Delhi Police nab Aftab Poonawala, who allegedly killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in Delhi, their delay in taking on the case may have also given him sufficient time to destroy the  remaining evidence, a police source has alleged.

The matter first came to light after Shraddha’s close friend Laxman Nadar had told her brother  Shreejay Walkar on September 14 that he had lost contact with her. Her father, Vikas Walkar, submitted a complaint before the Manikpur police station on October 12. Soon after, API Sachin Sanap was handed over the missing complaint, and instructed to handle the case on high priority.