The senior official of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police informed PTI, “We are going to assist the Delhi police in reference to the Shraddha Walkar homicide case in the event that they want any assist or strategy us for help.” Poonawala (28) has been arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly murdering Walkar, who had stayed in Vasai, in Might this 12 months, chopping the physique into 35 items earlier than dumping them at completely different locations within the nationwide capital over a number of days.
“After registering a lacking criticism (filed by her father), we have now forwarded all particulars to the Delhi police. In the event that they (Delhi cops) strategy us, we’ll present all of them attainable assist,” stated the official. “Accused Poonawala’s relations left their Vasai-based flat round 15 days again and we haven’t any information about them. How can we name them for interrogation as nothing has occur in our jurisdiction,” he stated.
The Vasai police in Palghar district have already interrogated the accused within the Walkar lacking case, stated the official. “Nonetheless, we’re holding an in depth tab on developments within the homicide case,” he added.
As per the police in Vasai city, Walkar, a graduate in mass media, labored at a name centre within the Malad space of Mumbai and met Poonawala by way of a courting app in 2019. A pal of the girl, who had alerted her relations after being unable to contact her, stated, “As soon as Walkar (when she was residing in Vasai) had messaged me and requested me to return and take her or else Aaftab would kill her.”
The Delhi police on Tuesday took Poonawala to forested areas of south Delhi’s Chhatarpur the place he had allegedly dumped Walkar’s physique elements after killing her. Walkar and Poonawala had been in a live-in relationship and so they shifted to Delhi after a mutual understanding to work collectively. Nonetheless, a motive behind the grotesque homicide was not but recognized.