A doctor who treated Aftab Poonawala, the accused of the gruesome murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, revealed that the accused had visited him in May, the same month he had chopped the woman in 35 parts, for treatment of a wound and he was confident but also very arrogant and aggressive during his treatment.
Dr Anil Kumar Singh revealed that the accused showed up at the hospital with a wound on his right forearm that he claimed was from a knife while cutting fruits.
Further during the conversation, he revealed that he was able to identify the accused after coming across the news of Shraddha’s murder. Notably, Dr Singh was the one who identified the accused when the Delhi Police approached him for questioning.
“In May, he (Aftab) came in the morning hours. My assistant told me that one person has come with an injury. When I saw him, I found it was not a deep injury but a superficial one. The underlying structure was intact. When I asked him how he sustained this injury, he replied he cut himself while he was cutting fruits,” the doctor said.
I did not have any doubt as it was a small clean knife cut,” said Dr Singh.
He said 28-year-old Aftab was a very bold and confident person when he met him for the first time during the treatment.
“Two days ago, police brought him to my hospital and asked whether I treated this guy. I recognised him and said yes.
“He was very aggressive and restless when he came for the treatment. He looked in to my eyes while speaking. He was very bold and confident. He was speaking in English and told me he was from Mumbai and came to Delhi as the city has good opportunities in the IT sector,” Dr Singh said.