The Delhi Police have arrested a man for killing his girlfriend, chopping her body into multiple pieces, and dumping them at different locations in the city.
Aftab Poonawaala, was arrested after the family of the deceased woman lodged a case against him.
The body of the woman, Shraddha Walker, has still not been recovered.
The incident took place in May this year but it came to light six months later, said Delhi police.
The deceased and accused hailed from Mumbai and worked at a call centre in Delhi. The woman’s family filed a missing complaint in Mumbai after the woman stopped responding to their calls in May.
The couple shifted to Delhi earlier this year after the woman’s parents had not accepted their relationship.
According to the police, the accused, who works at a private firm in Gurgaon, killed the woman after the two got into a fight.
The accused stored the body at their house in South Delhi’s Mehrauli for days, cops said. To evade arrest, he allegedly chopped the body in parts and dumped them at different places over the next few weeks.
