Aftab Amin Poonawalla was always demanding cash from Shraddha Walkar, he wanted her to get money from her father

NEW DELHI:  According to media reports, Aftab Poonawalla admitted to the Delhi police that he was a drug addict and smoked weed after the murder of his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar at the Delhi flat on October 19.

Other source alleged that Poonawala was a drug peddler who was himself hooked to drugs and who took to peddling drugs to pay for his own purchases.

He was constantly demanding money from Shraddha and wanted her to arrange a huge sum of money from her father and other friends, say sources.

Others claim Aftab was in debit because of his drug habit and people were hounding him for the dues. Another source alleged that Aftab was into peddling or selling drugs and he wanted to buy marijuana and MD in larger quantities to get better discounts and cheaper rates.

He claimed to have many clients in Vasai (near Mumbai, Delhi and other parts of Mumbai) who purchased drugs from him.

On the day he murdered Shraddha, after he realized she was dead, he sat next to her lifeless body and smoked cigarette after cigarette of weed and possibly. Even before he killed Shraddha, he had gone out, smoked weed and came back.

When she realized he had taken drugs, they had a fight. They also fought about money and financial issues and a violent fight took place in which Aftab sat on her and strangled her to death.

The Delhi police questioned about six people who were known to Walkar, who also mentioned that drugs were a regular part of Aftab’s routine.

Some have also mentioned Shraddha’s involvement in drugs, though the police have no substantial reasons to believe so. She has however in some social media posts mentioned that she occasionally smoked a “doob” or a marijuana-rolled cigarette.