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Death Cause: Murder Father: Vikash Madan Walker Age: 27 Years
| Bio/Wiki | |
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| Full name | Shraddha Vikash Walker |
| Profession(s) | • Customer Service Representative [1]The Times of India • Sales Manager [2]The Times of India |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters– 168 cm in meters– 1.68 m in feet & inches– 5’ 6” |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | Year 1995 |
| Birthplace | Vasai, Maharashtra |
| Date of Death | 18 May 2022 [3]The Times of India |
| Place of Death | Chhatarpur Pahadi, Delhi [4]The Times of India |
| Age (at the time of death) | 27 Years |
| Death Cause | Murdered by her live-in partner, Aaftab Poonawala |
| Nationality | Indian |
| College/University | VIVA Institute of Technology in Virar, Maharashtra |
| Educational Qualification | Pursued Bachelor of Mass Media degree at the VIVA Institute of Technology [5]The Times of India |
| Religion | HInduism |
| Address | C-504, Sanskruti Apartment, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Near G. G. College, Vasai West, District Palghar, Maharashtra |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status (at the time of death) | Unmarried |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | Aaftab Poonawala |
| Family | |
| Husband/Spouse | N/A |
| Parents | Father– Vikash Madan Walker Mother– Name Not Known |
| Siblings | Brother– Shreejay Walker |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Shraddha Walker
- Shraddha Walker, an Indian woman from Maharashtra, was strangled to death by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in 2022. Reportedly, her body was dismembered into 35 pieces by her boyfriend and was disposed of in different places in the forest area of South Chhatarpur in Delhi.
- Her name is also spelt as Shraddha Walkar. [6]The Indian Express
- According to sources, Shraddha joined an organisation in Mumbai in April 2017 as a Customer Service Representative and worked till March 2018. She also worked as a Sales Manager (2018-2020) at a retail sports shop in Dahisar, Maharashtra. [7]The Times of India
- Reportedly, Shraddha used to smoke weed. [8]Shraddha Walker – Instagram
- Shraddha and Aaftab met through ‘Bumble,’ an online dating app, in 2018.
Aaftab and Shraddha
- Reportedly, they decided to shift to Delhi in March 2022 and started living in a rented house in the Chhatarpur area, Mehrauli, when their parents did not accept their relationship. Some media sources claim that Aaftab shifted to Delhi, believing that he would get better opportunities in Delhi in the IT sector; however, Shraddha left her house and moved in with Aaftab when her parents refused to accept her relationship with him.
- According to Shraddha’s friend, Rajat Shukla, Shraddha was in a violent relationship with Aaftab. Rajat, in an interview, mentioned that Shraddha once told her friends about Aaftab’s aggressive behaviour and that she wanted to get out of this relationship but she could not. Rajat Shukla, in the interview, said,
Today suddenly the news flashed on the mobile of her murder. I was shaken to the core of my soul that my friend has been murdered. She had told us in 2019 that she was in a relationship since 2018. They lived together. Initially, they lived happily, but then Shraddha started saying that Aaftab beats her. She wanted to leave him but couldn’t do so.” [9]The Times of India
- Reportedly, the couple was facing arguments frequently and their relationship started becoming sour. The duo even decided to take a trip to the hills in the month of March and April for a new beginning of their relationship. [10]The Times of India The couple, however, again started having arguments. On 18 May 2022, Aaftab, in anger after being pressurised by Shraddha for getting married, strangled her to death and chopped off her body into 35 pieces using a saw and kept it in a 300-litre refrigerator, which he bought from the local market, in his rented flat in Delhi. Reportedly, Aaftab threw the pieces in different places across the city in a row.
The refrigerator in which Aaftab kept Shraddha’s body in pieces
- Reportedly, after being informed by one of Shraddha’s friends in September 2022 about Shraddha’s disappearance for almost 2.5 months, Shraddha’s father lodged a missing complaint at Manickpur police station in Vasai, Maharashtra, on 12 October 2022. The case was later transferred to Mehrauli police station in New Delhi based on Shraddha’s last location. [11]The Times of India
The missing FIR filed by Shraddha’s father, Vikash Madan Walker
- On 11 November 2022, Aaftab Poonawala was arrested from his house in Chhatarpur under the IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of an offence committed). [12]The Times of India
Accused Aaftab Poonawala, along with Delhi police personnel, at Mehrauli Police Station, in New Delhi, on November 14, 2022.
Accused Aaftab Poonawala being taken to the forest area in Mehrauli near Delhi, where he allegedly disposed of pieces of Shraddha’s body
- Reportedly, Shraddha’s social media account was kept active by Aaftab [13]The Times of India and her credit card bills were also paid by him to avoid any kind of suspicion. [14]The Times of India
- Reportedly, Shraddha’s father, Vikash Walker, suspected Aaftab’s involvement in the disappearance of his daughter and believed that there must be a ‘love jihad’ angle in the case of his daughter’s murder. In an interview, Vikash Walker said,
I suspected a love jihad angle. We demand the death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police and the probe moving in the right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle and didn’t talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. I lodged the first complaint in Mumbai’s Vasai.” [15]DT Next - According to the sources, Shraddha, as a teen, and her father’s relationship was so strained that she told her friends and teachers in college that her father was not living with his family, and she was the only person earning in the family. [16]The Times of India
- Shraddha’s murder case was solved after five months.
References/Sources:[+]
| ↑1, ↑2, ↑5, ↑7, ↑11, ↑16 | The Times of India |
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| ↑3, ↑4, ↑10, ↑14 | The Times of India |
| ↑6 | The Indian Express |
| ↑8 | Shraddha Walker – Instagram |
| ↑9, ↑13 | The Times of India |
| ↑12 | The Times of India |
| ↑15 | DT Next |