Shraddha Walkar murder: ‘One year on, can’t even do her last rites’

Updated On: 17 May, 2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma

Family says still awaiting full recovery of missing body parts, while also asking questions about what action has been taken against local cops for their negligence

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Vikas Walkar has filed a petition in Delhi court, seeking the remains of his daughter. Pic/Hanif Patel

It has been a year since I lost my daughter, but we have not been able to conduct her last rites yet,” said Vikas Walkar, whose daughter Shraddha Walkar was hacked, making her case hit headlines in Mumbai and Delhi last year. “The Delhi cops have found only 13-14 pieces of her body,” said the teary-eyed Vasai resident, adding that he is also waiting to see MBVV cops face action for negligence.

Aftab Poonawala and Shraddha had been in a romantic relationship for some years and had been living together in a flat at Mehrauli, Delhi. He is suspected to have murdered Shraddha on May 18 last year, chopped her body into 35 pieces and stored them in a refrigerator. He dumped the bags in the jungle of Mehrauli, the cops said.

“But the Delhi police have managed to recover only 13-14 pieces of my daughter’s body from the jungle of Mehrauli in a year,” said Vikas. The Walkar family and their friends have decided to take out a peaceful march in Vasai on Wednesday to seek justice for Shraddha. Meanwhile, Vikas awaits justice from a court in Delhi. He has filed a petition in Saket court, Delhi, seeking direction to the Delhi cops to hand over the body parts of his daughter so that the family could finally let Shraddha rest in peace.

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