Delhi Man Takes Inspiration From Dexter Web Series To Dispose Girlfriend's Body

A man from Delhi was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, chopping her body into multiple pieces, and dumping them at different locations in the city in what seems to be inspired by Dexter web series on the OTT platform. Dexter is crime series about a man with homicidal tendencies, who works as a forensic technician for the police during the day and kills heinous offenders in his spare time. The incident is said to have taken place in May this year but it came to light six months later after the victim’s parents filed a missing complaint.

As per reports the accused Aftab Poonawaala and the deceased woman identified as Shraddha (26) were in a live-in relationship. They had met while working at a call center firm in Mumbai. Shraddha's parents disapproved of their relationship, however, she and Aftab moved to Delhi and were staying together in a flat in Mehrauli.

Around the month of May, Shraddha's parents, who were in Mumbai, stopped receiving calls from their daughter. Anxious father Vikas Madan came to Delhi and found the flat door locked. He filed a missing complaint with the Delhi Police. The police launched an investigation and made efforts to trace  the accused partner Aftab. He was later arrested and upon interrogation, Aftab shared the chilling details of what he did to the victim.

He said that Shraddha started pestering him to marry her and they had frequent fights over the matter. One day as the fight escalated, Aftab in a fit of anger, slit her throat and killed her. He chopped the body parts into 35 pieces and stored them in a fridge. On a daily basis, he would dispose of the body parts at different places at 2 am in the morning without anyone noticing. The woman’s body parts have still not been recovered, police said. The missing complaint was later altered to a murder case by the Delhi police.

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