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<\/div>\nAftab and Shraddha Walkar, 26, fought frequently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Aftab Ameen Poonawala, who allegedly killed his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar and chopped her body into 35 pieces, has revealed more details of the horrific crime in police custody, sources say.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old has allegedly been telling the police, “Yes, I killed her.” He has only spoken in English since his arrest and has claimed that he can’t speak Hindi, police sources said.<\/p>\n
Aftab Poonawala is in a prison in Delhi’s Mehrauli. This morning, he was taken by the police to the spots where he allegedly dumped pieces of Shraddha’s body over 18 days. He went out at 2 am every day for the grisly task, the police said.<\/p>\n
He has allegedly told the police he used “sulphur hypochlorite” to clean up the blood after chopping Shraddha Walkar’s body.<\/p>\n
Aftab and Shraddha Walkar, 26, fought frequently. But on May 18, their fight escalated and Aftab “sat on Shraddha’s chest and strangled her”, sources said.<\/p>\n
He hid the body in the bathroom and set about researching how to get rid of it without being caught.<\/p>\n
He googled how to cut up a body and the best way of disposing of evidence without DNA traces, said police sources.<\/p>\n
He bought a 300 litre fridge from a neighbourhood shop, then cut up Shraddha’s body. The knife he allegedly used has not been found yet.<\/p>\n
According to the police, he used sulphur hypochlorite to wash off the blood, hoping it would be enough to remove all traces of DNA that forensic experts could find.<\/p>\n
He threw his and Shraddha’s bloodied clothes in the garbage van, the police said.<\/p>\n
Within 15-20 days, Aftab started dating another woman, whom he brought home with Shraddha’s body parts still in the apartment, the police said.<\/p>\n
Aftab, a trained chef, met Shraddha, a call centre worker with a multinational firm, on the dating app “Bumble”. He met the other woman on the same app, just days after allegedly killing Shraddha.<\/p>\n
But when he brought his new girlfriend home, he moved the body parts to a cupboard, sources said.<\/p>\n
To cover up Shraddha’s murder, Aftab allegedly used her Instagram account to keep in touch with her friends. He kept up the pretence till June.<\/p>\n
Her friends grew suspicious when her phone remained switched off for more than two months.<\/p>\n
After her father filed a kidnapping complaint with the police earlier this month, Aftab was detained and questioned.<\/p>\n
He allegedly broke down and confessed.<\/p>\n
The police are trying to find Shraddha’s mobile phone, which Aftab may have dumped in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
Shraddha, who had walked out of her father’s home after a row over her relationship with Aftab, wanted marriage but he did not, said the police. Their three-year relationship had soured quickly; Shraddha had told her family and friends that Aftab beat her and she feared him.<\/p>\n
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