On Monday, a lawyer filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court, requesting that the investigation into the death of Shraddha Walkar be transferred from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Joshini Tuli, a practising advocate, filed the PIL, alleging that the Delhi Police leaked sensitive details of the investigation to the public through the media.

"That so far the Delhi Police/P.S. Mehrauli have revealed each and every detail to the media and public person regarding every step of their investigation which is not permitted as per law," the petition reads.

Further the petition argues "That the abovementioned incident of murder is alleged to have been taken place in Delhi and thereafter the body parts have been alleged to have disposed at different places, thus investigation of P.S. Mehrauli cannot efficiently be carried out due to administrative/staff paucity as well as lack of sufficient technical and scientific equipment to find out the evidence and the witnesses as the incident had taken place about 6 months back in May, 2022,".

According to the plea, Aftab was unable to appear in court on the specified date due to the high sensitivity of the matter and also due to "fear of different religious groups attacking and injuring him."

"It is pertinent to mention here that the Court of the Ld. MM on 17.11.2022 when the Accused was produced was chock a block with Media persons leaving no space for even the lawyers to step foot in the concerned court room," 

The grisly murder case involves a couple who allegedly met on the dating app Bumble and later began a live-in relationship. They were originally based in Mumbai before relocating to Delhi earlier this year.

According to the police, on May 18, this year, after a quarrel between the couple in a rented flat in Mehrauli, the accused strangulated the victim, chopped her body into 35 pieces, stored it in a fridge, and then dumped the parts throughout the city over the next 18 days.

Title: Joshini Tuli V. State Of (NCT) Of Delhi & Ors.