Shraddha Walkar murder case: Delhi Police likely to file charge sheet today
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The charge sheet, which is expected to run over 3,000 pages with 100 witnesses to the case, has been made on the basis of forensic and electronic evidence, sources said. Aaftab Poonawala is accused of killing his live-in partner Walkar and then chopping her body into several pieces and storing them in a refrigerator before disposing of them in the  Chhatarpur forest near his house over a period of three months.
Shraddha Walkar case: Delhi Police may file charge sheet by Jan end
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Walkar was killed by her live-in partner, Aftab Amin Poonawala in May last year. Poonawala was placed under arrest on November 12, 2023 and currently is in judicial custody. The police have tried to make the case watertight. They have collected all the possible evidence to make sure that Poonawala gets maximum punishment.
Delhi court extends Aaftab's judicial custody by 14 days
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The court also directed the prison authorities to provide him with warm clothes. On January 6, Poonawala moved an application in the court seeking release of his debit and credit cards, citing need for funds to purchase day-to-day items, as well as warm clothes. Shukla had extended his judicial custody for four more days and ordered to physically produce him in the court on January 10.
Aaftab seeks release of his debit/credit cards, sent to four-day judicial custody
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Aaftab, who is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and then chopping her body into several pieces and disposing them of in a forest area in Delhi's Mehrauli area, was produced before the Saket court virtually after his judicial custody ended on Friday.
Mitochondrial DNA report of hair & bone matches with Shraddha's father
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Confirming the development, the Special Commissioner of Police (law and order), Sagar Preet Hooda, said the bones and hair (where DNA couldn't be extracted) were sent to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Hyderabad for 'DNA mitochondrial profiling'. "Today the result has been received. One piece of bone and a bunch of hair purported to be of the deceased have matched with that of her father and brother which establishes the identity of the bone and hair to be that of Shradhdha Walker," said the Special CP.
Shraddha murder case: Aaftab's judicial custody extended by another 14 days
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The court also approved Delhi Police's request to obtain a voice sample of Aaftab in connection with the probe into the murder case. On December 22, the Delhi Police filed a request at the court seeking permission to record Poonawala's voice since he is accused of killing Shraddha Walkar.
Aaftab Poonawala withdraws his bail plea applied 'erroneously' at Delhi Saket Court
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On December 17, he had said that he signed the 'vakalatnama' but did not know about filing a bail application. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari had said the court received an intimation from Poonawala through email that the bail application was moved by mistake.
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