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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicAftab Poonawala

Topic: Aftab Poonawala

Reporting on Shraddha Walker murder: The case that shook India in 2022

The Shraddha case had rapt media attention. It’s easy to fall into the ‘gorier the better’ trap when reporting on such cases. Voyeuristic tendencies kick in.

Shraddha Walkar murder forced TV actor Tunisha Sharma’s boyfriend to end relationship with her

Sheezan Khan, former boyfriend and main accused in Tunisha Sharma's death, revealed to Waliv police that Tunisha had attempted suicide earlier too, after they had broken up.

Bones recovered from Mehrauli jungle are of Shraddha Walkar, forensic report finds

The report, received Wednesday evening, confirmed that the mortal remains recovered from several locations in Delhi, are that of Shraddha, sources said.

Jealousy, love & murder: Before Shraddha, there was killing of Neeraj Grover & gory tandoor case

Shraddha murder has similarities to several earlier cases that shocked the nation and involved gruesome attempts to dispose of the bodies.

Aftab Poonawalla ‘charred’ Shraddha Walker’s face to hide identity, say Delhi Police sources

According to the sources, accused Poonawalla told police that after killing Walker and chopping her body into 35 pieces, he first disposed of those parts that could stink quickly.

It’s not enough to be shocked by Aftab Poonawala’s actions. Make sure you don’t move on

Shraddha Walker murder should not become another Sheena Bora case. Police, courts, lawyers, jail authorities know about your short attention span.

Blood traces at home, CCTV images — what Delhi Police have found so far in Shraddha murder case

Investigators plan to retrieve more footage of route which Aftab Poonawala allegedly took to dump body parts. DNA samples of Shraddha’s father to be taken for forensic matching.

Bank statements, call records — this is how police caught Aftab Poonawala’s lie

Aftab had tried to hide the murder of his partner Shraddha by removing physical evidence. However, he had left digital evidence that the police traced to reach the truth of the case.

Shraddha murder: 3 days after Aftab’s arrest, Delhi Police yet to recover torso, head & ‘saw’

Forensic report of bones recovered Monday from three locations awaited. Cops suspect accused trying to mislead probe after they return empty-handed from searches Tuesday.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.