'Aaftab's footage found on 3 CCTVS, key link in murder-disposal timeline'

New Delhi: Investigators probing the Shraddha Walkar murder case have recovered footage from at least three CCTV cameras from the Chhatarpur area in which the accused, her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawalla, has been recorded, sources confirmed.

- Abhay Sakshi Chand tn

A special team has been assigned to analyse the footage, running into hundreds of hours, from these cameras.

This is a crucial breakthrough for the cops because the time factor was a major hindrance in the investigation. The murder had allegedly taken place in May, the body parts disposed of in October and the accused was arrested in November. To prove Aaftab’s culpability, cops were struggling to find CCTV footage showing him.

The time lapse between the murder and disposal of body parts could have been deliberate, with Aaftab likely assuming that CCTV recordings would get overwritten with newer footage, said a police officer.

Most of the cameras in the area had storage capacity ranging from a few days to a month at the most.