Shraddha Walkar murder case: Food order history a clue about day of murder

The food order history on Zomato app has now become a crucial piece of evidence that the Delhi police could use during Aftab Poonawala's narco analysis test, said sources. It could help in establishing the day he allegedly killed Shradhha Walkar, they added.

Poonawala moved to a rental flat in Chhatarpur area of South Delhi on May 15, and Walkar is believed to have moved in with him. From May 15 to May 17, he ordered food from Zomato for two people, said sources. After May 18 - the day he claims to have killed Walkar - the quantity of food ordered was sufficient for only one person, shows his order history, according to the sources.

"We suspect that he might have killed her on May 18, as he confessed. This is another piece of circumstantial evidence going against him and he is not able to provide satisfactory answers," said an officer.

The cops had confronted Poonawala with questions regarding his food order history during the polygraph test, but he misled them, the officer said. Poonawala told cops that Walkar had left him on May 15, but he had no answer to questions about ordering food for two people for the three days before May 18, he added. "On being asked about ordering food for just one person, he again said that Walkar had left him, so he used to order food for himself," the officer said.

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The officers confronted him with his Zomato order history because they found a monetary transaction between his and Walkar's account after May 18. "We asked him if she had left him on May 15, then how there was a monetary transaction between the two afterwards," the officer said.

"Poonawala didn't know that he would be questioned about such minute details of food orders, so he was surprised and looked a little confused. But, he managed to give us misleading answers," the officer added.

Besides Zomato, the police have also written to Google, Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, Facebook, Instagram, and Bumble to ascertain his social media activities and recover the chats he deleted. "The initial Google report we have received is about his search history, which shows some suspicious activities, and other reports are awaited," an officer privy to the investigation said.