Deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Sanjay Kumar Sain said the Dayalpur police station received the call at around 9am, following which a police team was dispatched and discovered the murder.
Shanti Devi lived alone in a single-storey, eight bedroom house after her husband Om Prakash Sharma died in January 2018. Her family members have alleged that her body was found bound and gagged on a bed. (HT Photo)
Police are now looking for two other people who attacked her on Friday and threatened her against deposing in court in the previous case
The woman alleged that she was stopped and threatened by three people on a motorcycle who told her not to fight with her two neighbours – Iran and Imran -- over the issue of feeding and walking dogs in the area. (Representative image/AFP)
The document filed in the Saket district court marks an important step in the shocking murder that led to protests and demands for capital punishment for the accused.
File photo of Aaftab Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar. (HT Photo)
The BEOSP report is conducted with the consent of the accused, and is not admissible in court, but it has proved to be a supportive document in the trials of at least 200 criminals in different cases in India, a senior officer said.
Currently, the Delhi Police have got forensic reports to establish that the human remains found at the instance of Poonawala were that of Walkar. (ANI)