Mehrauli murder: Police recover human jaw during searches, seek dentist's help

Media personnel and locals near a pond where Aftab Poonawalla, accused in the Mehrauli murder case, is suspected to have dumped his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar's head and some other remains, at Chhatarpur area in New Delhi. Credit: PTI File Photo

Delhi Police has recovered a human jaw during searches for the remains of Shraddha Walkar and approached a dentist in a bid to ascertain whether it is of the 27-year-old murder victim.

The dentist, who did not wish to be named, said he wanted more information to arrive at a conclusion.

"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," he said.

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Walkar moved from Mumbai to Delhi with Aftab Poonawalla (28) earlier this year and they were staying at a flat in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.

At the flat, Poonawalla allegedly strangled Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-liter fridge for almost three weeks before dumping them across the city 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.

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