Delhi cops in Gurgaon as search for missing body parts widens

A Delhi Police team travelled to Gurgaon on Friday to record statements from the employers and colleagues of Aaftab Poonawala, who strangled his partner and chopped her body into pieces for disposal before being arrested six months after the crime.

New Delhi: The visit followed the accused telling the investigators during interrogation that he might have thrown some parts of Shraddha Walkar’s body on the way to work at a private IT company in Gurgaon. During the day, the cops did recover a packet that could be the missing head of the victim. It was highly decomposed and has been sent for forensic examination.

An extensive search was conducted in the forested areas at Gurgaon’s DLF Phase II, close to Aaftab ’s former office. Cops have recovered a few pieces that they believe are evidence of the killing. Aaftab also revised his statement and told interrogators he had chopped the corpse into 17-18 pieces rather than the 35 believed till now.