Aftab forced Shraddha to eat meat, stop visiting temple and wear burkha: Allegedly unbelievable ‘Love Jihad’ allegations by Ishika Borah

MUMBAI: In another drastically different angle to the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a Mumbai-based model and actor Ishika Borah has opened up about Shraddha’s relationship with Aftab Poonawala, her live-in partner who killed her and cut up her body into 35 pieces, storing them in a 300-litre fridge for nearly two months.

Ishika Borah who was also present at the Juhu beach during the cleanup drive along with aspiring actors Madhuri Sangita Patil and others said that she was present when Shraddha clearly stated she was pregnant and was forced into an abortion by her live-in boyfriend Aftab Poonawalla.

Ishika also alleged that according to Shraddha Walkar, Aftab Poonwalla wanted her to eat meat even on Hindu religious days, stop visiting temples, stop Ganpati darshan and wear a burkha.

When I asked her about her relationship with a Muslim man, she told me that on a few occasions Aftab told her (Shraddha) to eat meat on Hindu religious days.

“She did not want to eat meat on certain days like Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of every week. Sometimes she kept a fast on Hindu religious days, but Aftab made it a point to bring kheema or chicken biryani on these days and she had no option but to eat meat. He also brought beef dishes at home and she was forced to eat them,” Ishika alleged.

She also told me that Aftab did not want her to visit the temple or go for Ganpati darshan during the Ganpati festival.

This statement of Ishika as told to her by Shraddha was also repeated last week by a social worker Shreha Dhargalkar who concurred about the same.

He also told her that she must wear a burkha when going out or meeting other men, Ishika alleged.

When asked why she did not speak up all this while, when the controversy was raging for the last ten days, Ishika said she was at her home town in Assam and only returned to Mumbai two days earlier.