A court docket right here on Tuesday prolonged for 14 days the judicial custody of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in accomplice Shraddha Walkar and dismembering her physique.

Poonawala was produced earlier than Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Aviral Shukla within the court docket lockup. The decide prolonged his judicial custody for 14 days. In the meantime, police knowledgeable the court docket that Poonawala’s debit and bank cards have been seized as a part of the continued investigation and could be launched after submitting the cost sheet, Poonawala’s counsel M S Khan stated.

Earlier on January 6, Khan had moved an software for releasing the debit and bank cards of the accused and stated Poonawala was going through harsh winter contained in the jail with out ample heat garments.

On Tuesday, the decide directed the jail authorities involved to offer Poonawala with heat garments, Khan stated.

Poonawala knowledgeable the court docket that he had given a written software to jail authorities to offer him with books on the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Felony Process (CrPC), however regardless of the request being accepted, the books weren’t made out there, Khan stated.

The decide stated that if the books weren’t supplied, his counsel may transfer an software for a similar, Khan stated.

“The decide requested Poonawala whether or not he needed to combat his case, to which he stated legal professionals will defend me however I’ll help my lawyer after studying these books,” Khan stated.