India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New
Delhi,
Nov
28:
The
remaining
sessions
of
the
polygraph
test
on
Aftab
Amin
Poonawala,
who
is
accused
of
brutally
killing
his
live-in
partner
Shraddha
Walkar,
got
underway
at
the
Forensic
Science
Laboratory
(FSL)
in
Rohini
on
Monday.
According
to
the
report,
the
accused
will
be
asked
to
respond
to
some
still
unanswered
questions
related
to
the
alleged
crime.
The
officials
added
that
they
will
proceed
with
Poonawala’s
narco
analysis
either
on
Monday
or
Tuesday,
if
the
polygraph
test
is
concluded
on
Monday.
Aftab
reached
FSL
at
9.50
am
and
the
sessions
began
at
around
11
am,
an
official
informed
PTI.
”When
the
last
session
was
held,
there
was
a
health
issue
due
to
which
some
sessions
were
not
satisfactory.
Our
lab
and
preparation
for
the
narco
test
is
complete,” Head
of
the
Department
of
Crime
Scene
Management
at
FSL,
Rohini,
Sanjeev
Gupta,
said.
”Whether
Aftab
is
cooperating
during
the
test
or
not,
we
will
tell
the
investigating
agency
as
this
is
a
confidential
matter,”
he
said.
Poonawala
has
already
undergone
three
sessions
of
the
test,
also
known
as
lie
detector
test,
the
last
being
held
for
about
three
hours
on
Friday.
All
sessions
of
polygraph
test
on
Aftab
end;
may
undergo
narco
analysis
if
reports
reek
of
discrepancies
Earlier,
a
senior
FSL
official
said
Aftab
can
be
called
again
if
the
experts
are
not
satisfied
with
the
report.
Based
on
the
outcome
of
the
report,
a
decision
will
be
taken
on
conducting
narco
analysis
which
can
be
carried
out
even
if
he
is
sent
to
judicial
custody.
A
series
of
questions
related
to
the
case
such
as
the
sequences
of
events
that
led
to
the
murder,
the
accused’s
relationship
with
Walkar,
reason
for
their
strained
relationship,
place
where
he
dumped
the
body
parts,
type
of
weapon
used,
were
among
some
of
the
questions
asked
in
the
test,
reported
PTI.
Aftab’s
narco
test
likely
on
Dec
5:
Aftab
is
likely
to
undergo
narco
test
on
December
5
which
will
be
conducted
at
Baba
Saheb
Ambedkar
hospital
once
the
polygraph
test
is
complete.
The
test
is
conducted
by
injecting
sodium
pentothal,
also
called
‘truth
serum’ into
a
person,
thus
reducing
an
individual’s
self-consciousness.
In
such
a
sleep-like
state,
efforts
are
made
to
obtain
probative
truth
about
the
crime.
The
dose
of
the
injected
substance
is
decided
as
per
the
person’s
sex,
age,
health,
and
physical
condition,
according
to
PTI
report.
The
accused
is
then
interrogated
by
the
investigating
agencies
in
the
presence
of
doctors.
The
revelations
made
during
this
stage
are
video
recorded.
Based
on
his
statements,
the
report
prepared
by
the
expert
is
used
in
the
process
of
collecting
evidence.
The
procedure
is
conducted
at
a
government
hospital,
after
a
court
order
permitting
the
same.
‘He
blackmails
me
that
he’ll
kill
me,
cut
me
in
pieces’:
Shraddha
Walker’s
police
complaint
in
2020
When
it
began
to
end
for
Shraddha:
Aftab
and
Shraddha
met
through
a
dating
app
Bumble
in
2019
and
later
moved
in
together
at
a
rented
accommodation
in
Delhi’s
Chhattarpur
area.
Her
parents
were
against
the
inter-faith
relationship
and
had
stopped
talking
to
her
after
she
decided
to
move
to
Delhi
with
him.
Poonawala
allegedly
strangled
Shraddha
Walkar
and
sawed
her
body
into
35
pieces,
which
he
kept
in
a
300-litre
fridge
for
almost
three
weeks
at
his
Mehrauli
residence
in
south
Delhi,
before
dumping
them
across
the
city
over
several
days.
The
police
said
that
the
couple
would
fight
regularly
over
issues
such
as
marriage
and
who
would
bear
the
household
expenses.
On
May
18,
he
strangled
her
to
death
and
then
set
out
to
buy
a
knife
and
fridge.
Following
a
missing
person’s
complaint
filed
by
Shraddha’s
father
on
November
10
as
her
daughter
was
untraceable
for
over
two
months,
the
police
arrested
Aftab,
six
months
after
the
crime
took
place.
Aftab
was
arrested
on
November
12
and
sent
to
five-day
police
custody,
which
was
further
extended
by
five
days
on
November
17.
