Aaftab takes 2nd polygraph test in Shraddha Walkar killing

NEW DELHI: The second session of the polygraph test on Mehrauli murder accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala took place on Thursday at the Forensic Science Laboratory ( FSL) in Rohini, officials said.

The test could not be conducted on Wednesday as the 28-year-old was down with a fever and cold, they said.

An official from FSL said, “He has been brought by the police here and the process of polygraph test has started.”

The delay in the completion of the test has also put off Aaftab’s narco test.

The polygraph test records physiological phenomena such as blood pressure, pulse rate and respiration, and the data is used to determine whether the person is speaking the truth.

The narco analysis, on the other hand, involves administering the individual medication which reduces their selfconsciousness and allows them to speak freely.

Aaftab was arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly killing Walkar in May this year and cutting her body into multiple pieces before disposing of them. Walkar, a resident of Mumbai’s Vasai, had in 2020 submitted a written complaint, which she later withdrew, to the police that Aaftab had tried to kill her and that he had threatened to cut her into pieces and throw her away, an official had said on Wednesday.