Aaftab Poonawala, who was arrested in 2022 for allegedly killing his live-in companion Shraddha Walkar in Delhi, on Wednesday moved an software earlier than the Saket court docket, requesting that he be allowed to seem for court docket hearings via video conferencing as a result of an alleged risk from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The request was granted and he was produced in court docket via video conferencing on Wednesday.
He moved the applying days after Shivkumar Gautam, one of many associates of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi — arrested for the homicide of NCP chief Baba Siddique in Mumbai — reportedly instructed the Mumbai Police that the gang was planning to get rid of Poonawala.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed duty for Siddique homicide on October 22.
Sources stated Poonawala moved the applying via the Tihar Jail administration. “The jail administration moved the applying on his behalf and a message has been communicated to the Delhi Police,” a senior officer stated.
Sources stated that Gautam had instructed the police that Shubham Lonkar, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had mentioned killing Poonawala with him. Nevertheless, the plan was not profitable owing to the heightened safety round Poonawala at Tihar Jail, sources added.
Earlier this month, the Tihar administration reportedly elevated Poonawala’s safety after studies emerged of the risk. Two night time guards have been deployed to maintain a examine on him.
Poonawala is accused of killing Walkar and chopping her physique into a number of items on the night time of Might 18 inside their home at Chattarpur Pahadi in South Delhi.
