In 2020 Shraddha Walkar Was Hospitalised After Assault By Aaftab, Photo Showing Injuries Surfaces
A disturbing image has surfaced online showing Shraddha Walkar, the Mumbai woman killed by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala, with bruises on her face and an injury mark highlighted on her nose.
According to the police, in December 2020, Walkar was admitted to the Ozone Multispeciality Hospital in Vasai for three days, allegedly after an assault by Poonawala.
Walkar had complained of acute pain in her back and spine.
Shraddha Walkar suffered regular abuse
Rahul Rai, a friend of Walkar, said that Poonawala was abusive and assaulted her several times over petty issues.
Rai told ANI that the photo showing bruises on her face was taken when Walkar had gone to the police to complain about being beaten by her partner.
"In 2020 we all helped her in filing FIR after she reached out to us for help saying Aftab beats her...we took her home. The police officer suggested detaining Aftab for interrogation but she said such things happen in a relationship," Rai told ANI.
"The next day police called her to Police Station where she said, she is scared that he will kill her as he has already tried to kill her before and had beaten her multiple times," Rai added.
Such things happen in a relationship?
He further claimed that Walkar told police that Poonawala used to lock her at home and that he had another affair.?
"She mentioned Aftab uses drugs. When again we tried to reach out to her she said don't worry, such things happen, later we never came in contact," he said.
Poonawala and Walkar met each other through an online dating application. Later, they started working for the same call centre in Mumbai and fell in love. But their families objected to the relationship as they belong to different faiths, prompting the couple to move to Mehrauli earlier this year, where she was killed.
Police visit Poonawala's former office?
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Delhi Police team probing the murder visited the office of a private firm in Gurugram where the accused Poonawala used to work.
Following a search, the police were seen carrying a plastic bag containing items recovered from bushes in the vicinity of the office. However, the officials did not reveal the contents of the bag.
The accused used to work at the private firm after he and Walkar shifted from Mumbai to the national capital.
Police to piece together the chain of events?
After leaving Mumbai, Walkar and Poonawala had travelled to several locations. The police will visit these places with Poonawala to ascertain whether something had happened on those trips to trigger the murder.
Poonawala will be taken to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and other locations in the next couple of days to establish the sequence of events that could have led to Walkar's killing.?
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