Youths armed with swords attack police van carrying accused in Shraddha murder case

NEW DELHI: A group of unidentified youths armed with swords and sticks attacked a police van carrying Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case.

However, the van exited safely and the people who attacked the van were stopped by the police.

The incident took place when the police were transporting Aaftab to Tihar jail after a polygraph test at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Rohini.

The FSL officials conducted the polygraph test on Aaftab for nearly seven hours on Monday. Sanjeev Gupta, Deputy Director, FSL, said the polygraph test is likely to continue further.

As per a source, a polygraph and narco tests are imperative in this case, as Aaftab, during questioning, was deceptive in nature and also tried to mislead the interrogators.

Aaftab was arrested on November 12 for the murder he committed on May 18.