Special police team to probe Shraddha murder case

Nagpur (Maharashtra), Dec 20: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and State Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that a special police team will be formed to investigate the Shraddha Walkar murder case.
Aaftab Amin Poonawala killed his live-in partner Shraddha. Aftab allegedly chopped her body into 35 pieces, bought a refrigerator and kept them in it. He later started disposing off the body parts at different locations in and around Delhi during the night hours for the next 18 days.
Considering the way Shraddha was brutally murdered and its impact on society, BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar raised a calling attention motion in the Legislative Assembly asking if a law will be enacted to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.
Speaking on the occasion, BJP MLA Ashish Shelar also pointed out certain discrepancies in the case making it suspicious.
“If Shraddha Walkar had filed a complaint in the police station that she was being beaten up by the accused, then why wasn’t any case registered and an investigation carried out? Why was there a delay of one year in asking both families to give their stance in writing? Why was the date on the paper tampered with?” asked Shelar.
Shelar further said that during the last two-and-a-half years, the stance taken by the then government was suspicious and hence we wonder if was there any pressure in this regard as well.
The BJP MLA demanded that a special police team must be appointed to investigate the matter and Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis accepted the demand. (ANI)