Shraddha Murder Case Updates: A four-member team of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in west Delhi’s Rohini will visit the Central jail on Friday, for Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s ‘post-narco test interview’. His narco test was successfully conducted on Thursday, wherein he made several revealing confessions.
Poonawala is the accused behind 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar’s murder, in which he chopped her body in 35 parts and spread it across parts of the national capital, including the Mehrauli forest.
Poonawala’s narco test began at 10:10 am on Thursday and he was kept under observation for an hour. Aaftab’s test went on for two hours, and his medical parameters are fine, Dr. Naveen Kumar who headed the test told CNN-News18 Aaftab could be called in for another narco test, only if the Police and the forensic teams don’t find his answers satisfactory.
According to sources, Aaftab repeated the confession he made in the polygraph test, where he said he killed her “in a fit of rage” after a fight over household expenses. On the forensics front, police are yet to get a DNA test report that may establish that body parts found on Aaftab’s cue are indeed Shraddha’s.
His narco test was done by a team of seven doctors under the leadership of Dr. Naveen Kumar. Senior doctors from the hospital, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and the Delhi police team are present for the narco analysis. According to officials, Poonawala reached the Ambedkar Hospital at 8.40 am.
Before undergoing narco analysis test, a general check up was also done to check his blood pressure, plus rate, body temperature and heart beat. He signed a consent form with complete details of him and the team conducting his narco test.
Aaftab was arrested on November 12 and sent to five-day police custody, which was further extended by five days on November 17. The court on November 26 sent him to judicial custody for 13 days.
Here are the latest updates from the case
FSL team to visit central jail on Friday: A four-member team of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in west Delhi’s Rohini will visit the Central jail on Friday, for Aaftab’s ‘post-narco test interview’.
Aaftab admits to killing Shraddha during narco test: Aaftab admitted to killing Shraddha during his narco test conducted on Thursday. Apart from the confession, he also revealed where he hid the murder weapon, the clothes Shraddha wore at the time of murder, and her mobile phone.
Police may conduct brain mapping: he Delhi police on Wednesday said that they may conduct accused Aaftab Poonawala’s brain mapping in circumstances if his polygraph and narco analysis results are inconclusive.
Aaftab’s ‘confessions’ have no legal validity: The reported “confessions”, including those allegedly made before a magistrate, do not have conclusive legal validity, experts said, doubting that several key conditions were not fulfilled.
Aaftab shows no remorse in polygraph: As per the police, during the five sessions of the polygraph test, the accused showed no remorse while accepting his crime. During the test, the accused also confessed that he had chopped and dumped Shraddha’s body parts into the jungle, however, the police say that several discrepancies regarding the weapons used to chop off the body and the places where the body parts were disposed of have been determined.
Aaftab confirms dating several women post murder: Cops mentioned that Aaftab also confirmed dating several women. According to cops, Aaftab behaved normally during the polygraph session and told cops that he has already informed them about how he killed Shraddha to the cops.
Policemen present inside van with Aaftab awarded: Delhi Police officials who were present inside the van during the attack, were awarded by the Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday. 2 sub-inspectors were awarded Rs 10,000 each, and 2 constables were given Rs 5,000 each. Also, one constable was awarded Rs 5,000.
With agency inputs
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