Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 35 pieces, dumps them across Delhi

ACCUSED ARRESTED, WAS ‘INSPIRED’ BY THE CRIME SHOW DEXTER

Highlights

• The officials said the accused bought a 300-litre fridge to keep the severed body parts and used incense sticks and room fresheners to suppress the foul smell emanating from the corpse
• Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar fell in love while they were working at a call centre in Mumbai. But their families objected to the relationship as they were from different faiths, prompting the couple to move to South Delhi’s Mehrauli earlier this year, a senior police official said

NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man allegedly strangled his live-in partner, chopped her body into nearly 35 pieces, kept them in a fridge for almost three weeks and then dumped them across the city over several days, police said on Monday.

Details of the killing and its grisly aftermath came to light almost six months later with the arrest of Aftab Ameen Poonawala, reportedly a trained chef, officials said. Some chopped body parts of the woman have been found and police are looking for the murder weapon, they said.