Jaw Found During Searches, Cops Trying To Check If It’s Shraddha Walkar’s

New Delhi:

Delhi Police as we speak recovered a human jaw whereas looking for the physique components of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly murdered by her live-in associate in Could. Police have approached a dentist in Delhi to determine if the jaw could possibly be that of the 27-year-old homicide sufferer.

“The police got here as we speak. That they had an image of the jaw which they recovered in the course of the investigation. I requested them to get an X-ray from the Mumbai-based physician who handled the girl, for a root canal therapy or so. With out an X-ray, it is extremely troublesome to determine,” the dentist instructed information company PTI.

Delhi police are questioning Aaftab Poonawala, 28, for allegedly strangling his associate in Could and sawing her physique into 35 items, which he saved within the fridge for nearly three weeks earlier than dumping them in a forest over a number of days.

Police had on Sunday discovered components of a cranium and a few bones in a close-by forest space. As a part of their search operation to recuperate extra stays, a pond in South Delhi’s Maidangarhi can be being drained.

The police had recovered heavy and sharp chopping instruments on Saturday from Aftab Poonawala’s flat, which they think may need been used to cut off Shraddha Walkar’s physique. In addition they discovered a heavy black polythene bag at Aftab’s Gurugram office the day earlier than.

Aftab Poonawala was arrested earlier his month after Shraddha’s dad and mom — who hadn’t spoken to her since final 12 months as they have been upset over their relationship — went to the cops. Shraddha’s buddies had instructed her father they hadn’t heard from her in over two months, at which he filed a ‘lacking’ report and later a kidnap case. Cops from Maharashtra and Delhi then collaborated to crack the case.

Investigators mentioned that after strangling her over an argument about family bills and infidelity, he used a knife to cut up the physique, saved these in a brand new fridge he purchased, and dumped these over 18 days in a jungle close by.