Accused in the gruesome Shraddha Walker murder case, Aaftab Ameen Poonawalla who was arrested recently had attempted to dupe the police of Delhi and Mumbai in the initial days of the investigation.
Aaftab had tried to hide the murder of Shraddha by removing any physical evidence, however, he had left the digital evidence that the police traced to reach the truth of the case. When Delhi Police initiated the investigation, Aaftab had told the police that Shraddha had left the house on 22 May (Shraddha was killed on 18 May), after a fight.
He said that she had only carried her phone with herself and had left her belongings in his flat. He claimed that she was unreachable and he had not come in contact with her since then, according to the police sources.
However, the truth came to the fore when the police checked the phone call records of the couple and investigated their locations.
The biggest breakthrough the police got was the bank statement of the couple’s account which showed a transaction of Rs 54,000 from Shraddha’s net banking account app to Aaftab’s account on 26 May. The transaction exposed Aaftab’s lies in which he had earlier said that Shraddha was unreachable after 22 May and he did not come in contact with her, the sources said.
The location of the bank transfer that took place on 26 May also turned out to be the Mehrauli police station area.
Besides this, on 31 May there was a chat with her friend from Shraddha’s Instagram account. When the police found out the location of Shraddha’s phone, it turned out to be in Delhi’s Mehrauli police station area.
Aaftab could not answer the police question that if Shraddha had carried her phone along with herself, why was its location being traced to his house? It was at this moment that Aaftab revealed the truth.
The Maharashtra Police sources said that when Shraddha’s family could not contact her due to her phone being switched off, they filed the missing complaint at the Manikpur police station. Following the complaint, Aaftab was summoned to the Manikpur police station for questioning.
On 26 October, Manikpur police took Aaftab’s statement for the first time, however, it was an oral one in which he only talked about Shraddha’s leaving after a quarrel.
On 26 October, Manikpur police took Aaftab’s statement for the first time, however, it was an oral one in which he only talked about Shraddha’s leaving after a quarrel.
