Aaftab admitted he killed Shraddha in polygraph test, no regret: Report

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• Nov 30, 2022 | Dhupali Das

His narco-analysis test, the next step in what is commonly referred to as a lie-detection test, is scheduled for December 1...

Digital Desk: Aaftab Poonawala reportedly confessed about killing his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar during his polygraph test. Sources in the probe team said that he showed no regret for it. Such a confession obtained through a polygraph test or the subsequent narco-analysis test is not often accepted as evidence, but any material proofs that result from it may be used in court.

His narco-analysis test, the next step in what is commonly referred to as a lie-detection test, is scheduled for December 1. On Tuesday, a local court authorized the Delhi Police to carry out the drug test and authorized it to transport the suspect to a lab in Rohini, Delhi, on December 1 and 5.

This test involves the intravenous administration of a drug or 'truth serum,' such as sodium pentothal, scopolamine, or sodium amytal, which causes the person to enter various phases of anesthesia. In that hypnotic state, the person becomes less inhibited and more likely to divulge information.

When other evidence fails to establish a clear case, investigating agencies turn to it. For instance, in this case, the murder occurred in May, but it has not yet been determined whether the body pieces found earlier this month belong to the victim; DNA test results are pending.

Police obtained approval from the court, as well as accused Aaftab's mandatory consent, for the narco test after discovering his responses to be deceptive or inconclusive.

Aaftab Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in partner and slicing her body into 35 pieces, which he allegedly kept in a 300-liter fridge for 18 days before dumping in a jungle.

He was arrested on November 12 after Shraddha's father, who had not spoken to her in almost a year due to his objection to the couple's interfaith (Hindu-Muslim) relationship, went to the cops after her friends told him she hadn't spoken to them either for months.

Some right-wing organizations and BJP politicians have claimed that the crime had a communal undertone, though the police have not commented on those lines. Yet, men claiming to be from a Hindu outfit attacked a police van carrying Aaftab on Monday; police fired in the air and arrested two of them.

Aaftab was in police custody for two weeks and has been in judicial custody since November 26.