In recent days, the case of Shraddha Walker’s murder in India has been described as a gruesome murder. Aftab was arrested by the police in the capital Delhi on the charges of murdering his live-in relationship partner of three years.
They allege that Aftab murdered 27-year-old Sharda Walker in May, chopped her body into 36 pieces and stored it in a fridge inside his home, and has been hiding it for months. In different parts of the city. Police have arrested Aftab as the main accused in Shraddha Walker’s murder case. Presently Aftab is in police custody. On Tuesday, Aftab told the court that “the information circulated against me is not correct” and that he was fully cooperating with the police investigation.
Shraddha Walker’s death came to light after her father complained that Shraddha Walker was missing. Since then, the alleged murder has become daily highlights all around India. News websites run special pages on the investigation, which are updated every few minutes, with information on what crime the police have dubbed the “fridge murder” and what the case is all about. The public is making demands that Aftab should be punished severely. Protesters burnt effigies of Aftab. And the anger spilled over into the all-round the India. Lawyers former police officials and activists have expressed concern over media coverage.
Retired Director General of Police Vikram Singh, who served in Uttar Pradesh, described Shraddha’s murder as completely irresponsible.
The Live-In Relationship
According to the police Aftab and Shraddha Walker used to live in the same area of Mumbai city, and they met on Bumble a dating app. But whereas in the missing complaint given by Shraddha Walker’s father to the Mumbai Police in the month of October, he said Shraddha and Aftab know each other since 2018 at office where they use to work.
Shraddha family and relations were against and they didn’t approve the of shraddha relationship with Aftab. As per his complaint which given to police, Shraddha’s father said he tried to stop shraddha going with aftab, its because “we are Hindus and Aftab is Muslim and we don’t allow to marry outside of our religion or caste”. But shraddha didn’t listened us and she moved to Delhi and started living together in 2019 and moved. This year they have rented an apartment in Chhatarpur Pahadi area.
The Live-In relationship couple’s friends and the police say the couple have fights frequently and Aftab use to beat shraddha and abuse her. On Wednesday, in 2020 Shraddha walker has raised a complaint against Aftab in written note, Delhi police said. The complaint stated “he had beaten her up and was threatening to kill her and cut her into the pieces” Later the complaint has taken back she gave a written complaint saying the that “it had been resolved and there was no dispute”
What we have so far?
On Tuesday, court asked Aftab what he done? Aftab said court whatever has happened it all happened in the anger and heat at that time and was not at all intentionally. Some took what he claimed to be a confession, but Aftab’s lawyer, Abinash Kumar, denied that he had confessed to murder and said that his client was “totally cooperating with the inquiry.” When police arrested the Aftab in Shraddha murder case, Aftab confessed to his crime and gave them clues to find evidence.
After questioning aftab they went to his apartment and find the chopped body pieces of Shraddha in his flat and nearby forest areas. They found some body pieces and bones which has been sent forensic department. Will check against the DNA samples of her fathers to find whether the collected samples are shraddha’s or nor not. After divers retrieved some bones from a pond in Delhi’s Maidan Garhi neighborhood, it was emptied to look for additional evidence. Police have also been searching for knives that were allegedly used to hack the body in bushes in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi, with metal detectors.
The suspect completed a polygraph on Thursday and will likely also undergo a narco-analysis test, in which a substance called “truth serum” is injected into the subject before questions are posed.
A judge ordered the tests even though they are not admissible in court because Aftab was allegedly misleading the police by making contradicting statements, according to the police.
Links Which Have Been Missing
On Tuesday, Almost 80% of the case investigation has complete, they are still trying to collect for some major evidence that can help case strong. Police said to Court.
Still, we have not yet collected the personal properties of Shraddha Walker from the apartment, where they use to live earlier and given that the alleged murder occurred months ago, some of the evidence might have been damaged.
The body was dismembered, according to the police, with the use of a “heavy, sharp weapon” like a hack saw or a butcher’s knife, but they have not yet located it.
Additionally, it has not yet been determined whether the bones they have recovered actually belong to the victim, and some reports claim that because the remains were discovered months after the alleged murder, their quality may have been compromised.
There is “enough evidence and a good investigator will be able to achieve a conviction,” according to former police official Vikram Singh. Sometimes it takes time to locate a crime scene weapon, but if you have a drop of blood, saliva, or a piece of meat, you can create a watertight case.
Additionally, he claims that Aftab is facing “enough circumstantial evidence” due to the fact that “they lived together, there are neighbour reports and CCTV footage that shows Shraddha constantly coming in and out of the house” and “he has limited escape routes available.”
The defence attorney for Aftab, Mr. Kumar, acknowledged that the case was “difficult.”But he continued, “I’m unable to determine how simple or challenging it would be to defend him until I know the whole charges against him.