Chats With Friends Point To A History Of Violence

Photo Of Shraddha With Bruises Emerges On Social Media

- Sakshi Chand & Sandhya Nair

New Delhi/Mumbai: Shraddha Walkar’s senior at work has told cops that she often requested leave from work due to bruises. A doctor who treated her has also recorded his statement.

Some of Shraddha’s friends alleged she was assaulted by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala on November 23, 2020. Rahul Rai, who had met Shraddha through a common friend Godwin Rodrigues, said he had accompanied her to Tulinj police station in Nalasopara (East) and she had submitted an application and was asked to get a medical test done. She, however, changed her mind, said Rai.

Tulinj police said an application was filed but the victim left without filing a complaint. One report said that Aaftab had arrived there and entreated her to take back the complaint, threatening to kill himself otherwise. Shraddha forgave him and returned to him.

Screenshots of her chats with her friends and her office colleagues show Shraddha was a victim of violence and constant beatings by Aaftab. In some of the chats accessed by TOI, she can be seen trying to move out. In one dated November 24, 2020, she told her reporting manager: “He’s moving out today, and I won’t be able to make it today because from (sic) all the beating yesterday, I guess my BP is low and my body hurts. Energy nahi bachi hain bed se uthne ki. Also I need to make sure he moves out today. Sincere apologies for the trouble I have caused to you and the way it impacted work.”