Shraddha murder case: Vasai Police Commissioner orders probe in lapses after father alleges inaction

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Shraddha murder case: Vasai Police Commissioner orders probe in lapses after father alleges inaction

Mumbai: Hours after Shraddha Walkar's father alleged police inaction in her daughter's complaint before her gruesome murder, Vasai-Virar Police Commissioner on Friday ordered a probe into possible lapses in investigation. The probe order comes after Vikas Walkar claimed that her daughter would have been alive today had Vasai Police acted swiftly upon the initial complaint filed by Shraddha against Aftab Poonawala. He also accused the Vasai Police of ignoring Shraddha's complaint and requested a probe in the police proceedings in the matter. Holding a press conference for the first time since his daughter's killing, Walkar said, "My daughter was brutally murdered. I faced many problems because of the Vasai police, if they had helped me, my daughter would have been alive." "Delhi Police assured us that we will get justice. Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis also assured us of the same," he added. Seeking a probe against the family members and relatives of the accused, Shraddha's father also demanded Aftab be hanged till death. "I expect a similar lesson for Aftab Poonwala in the way he murdered my daughter. He should be hanged. A probe should be conducted against Aftab's family members, relatives and all others included in the incident," he said. Aftab is accused of strangling to death his live-in partner Shraddha and chopping her body into 35 pieces. He is also alleged to have preserved the chopped body parts in a refrigerator before dumping them in forested areas in Delhi and Gurugram.