Crime files: Shraddha Walker to Mira Road case, here’s a timeline of recent gruesome murders
Manoj Sahani allegedly killed his live-in partner Vaidya and chopped her body into more than 20 pieces. They had been living in the flat since 2014. Here are 5 recent gruesome murders.
In November last year, Shraddha Walker was killed in similar fashion by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in a rented flat in Mehrauli in South Delhi. And most recently, on May 29, Sahil Khan (20), stabbed his girlfriend, a minor, at least 20 times and then hit her with a concrete slab lying nearby until she died in Delhi. (file) A 56-year-old man allegedly killed his 32-year-old live-in partner in Mumbai and later chopped her body into more than 20 pieces using two cutters in order to destroy evidence. According to the police, the accused Manoj Sahni killed Saraswati Vaidya 3-4 days ago and after that, he purchased a tree-cutter to chop her into pieces.
This is not the first such case. In November last year, Shraddha Walker was killed in similar fashion by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in a rented flat in Mehrauli in South Delhi. And most recently, on May 29, Sahil Khan (20), stabbed his girlfriend, a minor, at least 20 times and then hit her with a concrete slab lying nearby until she died in Delhi.
Here are 5 gruesome murders that the country has witnessed recently:
- 01
Shahbad Dairy murder
On 27 June, Sahil Khan (20), allegedly stabbed and killed his 16-year-old girlfriend in Shahbad Dairy in Delhi. The accused stabbed the minor at least 20 times until she died according to the police. Sahil, who fled after the murder, was arrested from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
Bystanders and passersby who witnessed the incident purportedly did not make a PCR call for around 25-30 minutes as the body of the minor lay in a corner at the spot, in Shahbad dairy.
The Shahbad Dairy murder introduced the country to the ‘bystander effect’: a phenomenon in which people fail to offer needed help in emergencies, especially when other people are present in the same setting, according to the American Psychology Association (APA). Experts say that this phenomenon led to witnesses not informing the police for nearly 30 minutes.
Residents of the Shahbad Dairy where Sahil, lived knew him as a quiet, impatient man who frequently picked disputes with the neighbors over petty things.
- 02
Shraddha Walker murder Case
On 12th November, the police arrested Aftab Poonawala from a flat in Mehrauli in South Delhi for the murder of Shraddha Walker. According to the Police, on May 18, 2022, the accused allegedly strangled his 27-year-old live-in partner, chopped her body into over 30 parts, and spent the next two-three months dumping them in a forested area nearby.
In a polygraph test, on 24th November, Aftab Poonawalla was asked questions about the crime- if and how he committed the crime where he hid the evidence, and other questions about his personal life. Earlier the same day, police sources said that they had recovered almost 10-12 “sharp objects”,which included knives, blades, saws, and other tools, from the couple’s Chhattarpur Pahadi flat and the Mehrauli forest over the past week.
Close Friends, colleagues, and neighbors of Walker raised testimonies which revealed how she and her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala often fought “over petty issues”; how he would “beat her badly and bang her head against the wall”; and how they “were in an unhealthy relationship”.
After stuffing his partner’s body parts stuffed in a fridge, the accused also allegedly brought another woman to his rented flat in south Delhi’s Mehrauli on a date, police sources told The Indian Express.
- 03
Footage of man in striped T-shirt, horse cart helped police solve murder of 25-yr-old woman
On April 12, the police received a call that the body of a woman had been dumped near Krishna Public School in Karawal Nagar. A case of murder was lodged and a probe was initiated.
After scanning the CCTV cameras in the area, police found footage that showed two men on a motorcycle with a woman seated between them. DCP (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said: “The registration number of the motorcycle was unclear due to poor resolution of the cameras. The helpful feature was the striped T-shirt and white trousers of the pillion rider.”
On April 20, police teams found another footage- A man in a striped T-shirt carrying the body of a girl on his shoulder and a woman walking right behind. The DCP said the duo had been identified as Vineet and his sister Parul Chowdhary while the deceased's identity was revealed as Rohina Naz alias Mahi.
Vineet was out on bail murder case that had taken place in Baghpat in 2017. After the siblings had a brawl with the victim they decided to eliminate her. On April 12, Vineet strangulated Rohina after a fight and stuffed her body in a diwan. Vineet called his associate in the evening. According to police, Parul carried the chunni (stole) and other clothes her brother used to wrap Rohina's body in while Vineet carried her corpse on his shoulder. T
he police quickly realized that the woman seen on the CCTV had been Rohina's body.
- 04
Ex-Navy man killed by family, body chopped into six parts
Days after reports of Shraddha walkers murder in Delhi came out, a similar macabre murder came to the fore in Baruipur, 40 km from Kolkata. A 50-year-old woman and her 25-year-old son have been arrested for allegedly killing her husband and then chopping his body into six parts before dumping them in nearby areas.
According to the police, 55-year-old Ujjawal Chakraborty, a former Navy personnel, was killed by his wife, Shyamali Chakraborty, and son Raju Chakraborty alias Joy, on November 14 evening after they argued over paying Rs 3,000 examination fees of the son.
According to the police, the son cut the body into pieces using a hacksaw from his carpentry class kit. Ujjawal's body was cut into six pieces and his son dumped them in a nearby pond and bushes. The body parts were also wrapped in plastic bags. According to authorities, the son made at least six visits on his bicycle to dump the body parts within a 500-meter radius in the Khas Mallick and Dehimedan Malla regions.
- 05
Mumbai Mira road muder
On Thursday, the Naya Nagar police detained a 56-year-old man who allegedly killed his 32-year-old live-in partner and later chopped her body into more than 20 pieces using two cutters to destroy evidence in Mumbai’s Mira Road area. A preliminary inquiry indicates that he killed her over domestic disputes.
According to the police, residents of J-wing in Geeta Aakashdeep Cooperative Housing Society, Geeta Nagar, Phase-7, on Wednesday called them complaining of a foul smell emanating from flat number 704. A team from the Naya Nagar police station then visited the building, broke open the flat, and then found the decomposed body of a woman in pieces lying in the flat. The deceased woman has been identified as Saraswati Vaidya, 32, an orphan.
This is the second gruesome killing of women in the past fortnight in the area. Last week, a woman’s headless body was found near Uttan Beach.
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