NEW DELHI: A city court on Friday allowed Delhi Police’s application for obtaining a voice sample of accused Aaftab Poonawalla in the Shraddha Walkar murder case.The voice sample test will be conducted on Monday morning at the CBI headquarters, the court said.Meanwhile, the court extended Poonawalla’s judicial custody by 14 days.Explained: To prove Aaftab Poonawala murdered Shraddha Walkar, police will need to rely on this evidenceThe Delhi Police on Thursday had moved a city court seeking permission for obtaining the voice sample of Poonawala, accused of strangling his live-in partner and dismembering her body.The court, meanwhile, dismissed Poonawala’s bail plea as withdrawn and not pressed, days after he claimed he had no inkling of his lawyer moving a bail application.Poonawala, accused of killing Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into pieces, appeared before the court on Thursday through video conference and said he wished to withdraw the bail application.Khan had then sought time from the court to meet Poonawala and seek his instructions.Poonawala, 28, allegedly sawed Walkar’s body into 35 pieces and kept them in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi’s Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days.Narco test reportThe Delhi Police is likely to get the narco test report of Poonawala from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) on Friday, officials said. According to the officials, the narco test report is ready and the investigating officer has been asked to collect it.Police said according to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report, the blood samples recovered from Poonawala’s house were Walkar’s.During the investigation, police had collected the blood samples from Poonawala’s Mehrauli flat and sent those for examination.On December 15, police had said the DNA samples extracted from the bones found in a forest area and the blood traces found at the house where Walkar was killed had matched with the samples of her father.’I seek justice’Meanwhile, Shraddha’s father Vikas Walker, along with BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, arrived at Delhi Police headquarters on Friday.Delhi | I seek justice for Shraddha & urged them to fast track this case. They (Delhi Police) have assured me sayin… https://t.co/clP0sGD3Xa— ANI (@ANI) 1671790923000″I seek justice for Shraddha and urged them to fast track this case. They (Delhi Police) have assured me saying that they are trying their best,” Shraddha Walker’s father said after meeting the Delhi police commissioner.With agency inputs
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