Murdered Shraddha due to sudden provocation and rage: Aftab Poonawalla says as Delhi Court extends police custody

A Saket Court on Tuesday extended the police custody of Aftab Amin Poonawalla, who is accused of brutally killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, by four days..Judge Aviral Shukla extended the police custody in a hearing conducted through video conferencing..During the hearing today, Poonawalla told the court that he murdered Shraddha due to sudden provocation and rage.It was argued that as it has been months since the alleged incident took place, he was unable to provide a clear chain of events, and therefore, there were discrepancies in his statements. .Last week, the Court had permitted the police to conduct a narco-analysis (lie-detection) test on the accused..Poonawalla and Walkar had entered into a live-in relationship after meeting on dating app Bumble. They were initially based out of Mumbai before shifting to Delhi early this year.According to police investigating the crime, on May 18, after a quarrel between the couple in a rented flat in Mehrauli, the accused strangulated the victim, chopped her body into 35 pieces, stored it in a fridge and later dumped the pieces in different parts of the city over the next 18 days..Recently, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking the transfer of the investigation from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The PIL filed by a practicing advocate, Joshini Tuli, claims that the Delhi Police has revealed minute and sensitive details of the investigation to the public through the media."That so far the Delhi Police/P.S. Mehrauli have revealed each and every detail to the media and public person regarding every step of their investigation which is not permitted as per law," the plea reads.