Shraddha Walkar's brother on Thursday testified in a Delhi court that Aaftab Amin Poonawala used to beat Shraddha Walkar and then apologise, persuading her to forgive the assaults. This, he said as the court commenced recording the testimonies of witnesses in the sensational murder trial, reported PTI.

Shraddha Walkar, who was in a live-in relationship with the accused, was allegedly strangled by Poonawala on May 18 last year. The accused was claimed to have dismembered her body, kept it in a fridge, and disposed the pieces of in desolate pieces across the city over several days to dodge the police and the public. Many of her body parts were discovered later in a nearby forest.