Police recover human jaw during searches in Shraddha Walkar murder case, seek dentist’s help
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Police recover human jaw during searches in Shraddha Walkar murder case, seek dentist’s help

The dentist said he wanted more information to arrive at a conclusion. Police had earlier found parts of a skull and some bones in a forest area in Delhi.

   
File photo of Shraddha Walkar | Image via Instagram/@thatshortrebel

File photo of Shraddha Walkar | Image via Instagram/@thatshortrebel

New Delhi: Delhi Police has recovered a human jaw during searches for the remains of Shraddha Walkar and approached a dentist here in a bid to ascertain whether it is of the 27-year-old murder victim.

The dentist, who did not wish to be named, said he wanted more information to arrive at a conclusion.

“The police came today. They had a picture of the jaw which they recovered during investigation. I asked them to get an X-ray from the Mumbai-based doctor who treated the woman, for a root canal treatment or so. Without X-ray, it is very difficult to identify,” he said.

Walkar moved from Mumbai to Delhi with Aaftab Amin Poonawala (28) earlier this year and they were staying at a flat in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.

At the flat, Poonawala allegedly strangled Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks before dumping them across the city over several days.

Police had on Sunday found parts of a skull and some bones in a nearby forest area. As part of their search operation to recover more remains, a pond in South Delhi’s Maidangarhi is also being drained. PTI

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