Crime

-November 29, 2022

Mehrauli killing: Experts lament delay in DNA analysis, officials blame staff crunch

Mehrauli killing: Experts lament delay in DNA analysis, officials blame staff crunch

Forensic scientists in state government labs blamed workload, tedious protocol and shortage of skilled workforce for the delay

-November 24, 2022

The second session of polygraph test of Poonawala begins after delay

The second session of polygraph test of Poonawala begins after delay

The polygraph test of Aftab Amin Poonawala, suspected of murdering live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, continues after delay; narco test postponed due to test’s delay in completion

-November 23, 2022

Back home from drug rehab, Delhi man kills parents, grandmother, sister

Back home from drug rehab, Delhi man kills parents, grandmother, sister

As Keshav went on the stabbing spree, the screams of his family members alerted some of their relatives, who live in the same building, and neighbours

-November 22, 2022

Mehrauli murder: Court extends Poonawala’s custody by 4 days, allows polygraph test

Mehrauli murder: Court extends Poonawala’s custody by 4 days, allows polygraph test

Poonawala will be taken to two ponds for the search of the body parts, one in Mehrauli forest and the other in Maidangarhi here. He has also provided a sketch of a pond where he allegedly threw the body parts, the counsel said

-November 21, 2022

Mehrauli murder: Delhi Police recover human jaw, seek dentist’s help

Mehrauli murder: Delhi Police recover human jaw, seek dentist’s help

Police had on Sunday found parts of a skull and some bones in a nearby forest area. As part of their search operation to recover more remains, a pond in South Delhi's Maidangarhi is also being drained.

-November 19, 2022

Mehrauli murder: Accused to be taken to different south Delhi areas to locate victim’s body parts

Mehrauli murder: Accused to be taken to different south Delhi areas to locate victim’s body parts

A source said the police on Friday recovered some body parts from Gurugram which will be sent for forensic examination. The head of the victim is still missing

-November 15, 2022

Mehrauli murder: Accused visited doctor to treat knife wound same month he killed live-in partner

Mehrauli murder: Accused visited doctor to treat knife wound same month he killed live-in partner

Poonawala allegedly strangled Walkar in May and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days

-November 14, 2022

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

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

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