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Shraddha Murder Case: Delhi Court To Hear Aaftab's Bail Petition On 17 December
Shraddha Walkar murder case accused Aaftab Poonawala on Friday moved an application in Delhi's Saket Court seeking bail, which the court is likely to hear on Saturday. Read on for details:
New Delhi: Shraddha Walkar murder case accused Aaftab Poonawala on Friday moved an application in Delhi's Saket Court seeking bail, which the court is likely to hear on Saturday.
Poonawala, who has been arrested based on his confession of killing Walkar and chopping her body into 35 pieces to dispose it of, was arrested last month and is currently lodged in Tihar jail.
On 9 December, he was produced before a court via video conferencing and his judicial custody was further extended by 14 days.
Some of the remains of the body parts recovered from forests in Mehrauli and Gurugram belonged to Walkar, the Delhi Police confirmed on Thursday. Special Commissioner of Police Law and Order, Delhi, Sagar Preet Hooda in a conversation with ANI said that they have received the DNA and polygraph test reports from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).
A total of 13 decomposed bones and part of a jaw were collected from the Mehrauli forest that were suspected to belong to the 27-year-old woman.
"Police have received DNA and polygraph test reports from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL). These reports will help us further in the investigation," Sagar Preet Hooda has said.
On December 15, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approved the proposal of the Delhi Police to appoint special public prosecutors to represent the Union Territory in the trial court in the Shraddha Walkar murder case. (With ANI inputs)