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SHRADDHA WALKER

MURDER CASE

Veritas Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages:85-88 Ms. Ananya Subramanian

Ms. Ananya Keshav

Shraddha Walker, a 27-year-old woman, was strangled and chopped

brutally by her live-in partner, Aftab Poonawalla, and was thrown
off into the Mehrauli jungle in the national capital, Delhi. He killed

her on May 18, 2022, and the case came to public attention on No-

vember 11.

Aftab and Shraddha met each other on a dating app called Bumble;

both of them are from Maharashtra, and after getting into a rela-

tionship, they shifted to Delhi in 2022. Shraddha’s parents were

against this relationship between Shraddha and Aftab since both of
them belonged to different religions. Shraddha and Aftab had a tox-

ic relationship from the start, and he used to physically abuse her.

Shraddha wanted to leave Aftab but was not able to do so. On May

18th they shifted into the rented apartment in Mehrauli, and three

days later, she was killed. Shraddha’s friend noticed her missing

due to the lack of contact and informed her father. Her father filed

a missing person complaint on October 6th.
The police launched an inquiry into her live-in partner Aftab, and

he claimed that Shraddha had left the house after an argument in

May. He was still using Shraddha’s Instagram handle even after

her death, and he was also active on other dating apps. There is

also a record of transferring money from Shraddha’s account to

Aftab’s. On November 8th, following further investigation, Aftab
allegedly broke down and confessed.

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