Jaw Found During Searches, Cops Trying To Check If It's Shraddha Walkar's

Delhi police are questioning Aaftab Poonawala, 28, for allegedly strangling his partner Shraddha Walkar in May and sawing her body into 35 pieces.

Delhi Police today recovered a human jaw while searching for the body parts of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner in May. Police have approached a dentist in Delhi to ascertain if the jaw could be that of the 27-year-old murder victim.

"The police came today. They had a picture of the jaw which they recovered during the investigation. I asked them to get an X-ray from the Mumbai-based doctor who treated the woman, for a root canal treatment or so. Without an X-ray, it is very difficult to identify," the dentist told news agency PTI.

Delhi police are questioning Aaftab Poonawala, 28, for allegedly strangling his partner in May and sawing her body into 35 pieces, which he kept in the fridge for almost three weeks before dumping them in a forest over several days.

Police had on Sunday found parts of a skull and some bones in a nearby forest area. As part of their search operation to recover more remains, a pond in South Delhi's Maidangarhi is also being drained.