NEW DELHI: According to the charge sheet, on the day of the incident Poonawala attacked Walkar in a fit of rage since she had gone to see a friend in Gurugram against his wishes. The charge sheet also said that the accused used several weapons to dispose of Walkar's body. The police had recovered a saw and some knives from the crime scene.
The document filed in the Saket district court marks an important step in the shocking murder that led to protests and demands for capital punishment for the accused.
According to the investigators Poonawala killed Walkar in May last year in a flat in Chhattarpur Pahadi area, and then chopped up her body into 35 pieces. He then bought a refrigerator for storing the body pieces and disposed them in wooded areas across south Delhi and Gurugram over three months.
In the charge sheet, the police have invoked sections 302 (culpable homicide amounting to murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Addressing reporters at Delhi Police headquarters, joint commissioner of police (southern range) Meenu Chaudhary said, "During the investigation, the police found that Walkar had gone to visit one of her friends on the day of incident against Poonawala's wishes. This triggered the killer. The investigation also showed that the killer used several weapons during the commission of the crime."
This story is from the January 25, 2023 edition of Hindustan Times.
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