<p>Hours after a Delhi court framed charges against Aftab Poonawala, Shraddha Walkar's father Tuesday demanded that the trial starts at the earliest and hoped that the accused be hanged to death.</p>.<p>Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar to death and chopping her body into pieces.</p>.<p>Poonawala, however, denied the charges and demanded a trial. The matter has been posted for further proceedings on June 1.</p>.<p>"We feel that he should be hanged to death. I will be requesting the court to start the trial as soon as possible and June 1 might be a little late. We welcome the court's decision," Vikas Walkar told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/shraddha-walkar-case-aftab-poonawala-charged-with-murder-pleads-not-guilty-1217089.html" target="_blank"> Shraddha Walkar case: Aftab Poonawala charged with murder, pleads not guilty</a></strong><br /><br />He also said that on May 17, he will hold a one-day protest in Mumbai to demand a speedy trial in the case.</p>.<p>"We want our voice to be heard in Delhi," he added.</p>.<p>Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar said prima facie a case for offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) was made out against the accused.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had filed a 6,629-page charge sheet in the case on January 24.</p>.<p>Walkar was allegedly strangled by Poonawala on May 18 last year, following which he sawed her body into pieces and kept them in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli.</p>.<p>He scattered the pieces at different places in the national capital to avoid getting caught.</p>
<p>Hours after a Delhi court framed charges against Aftab Poonawala, Shraddha Walkar's father Tuesday demanded that the trial starts at the earliest and hoped that the accused be hanged to death.</p>.<p>Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar to death and chopping her body into pieces.</p>.<p>Poonawala, however, denied the charges and demanded a trial. The matter has been posted for further proceedings on June 1.</p>.<p>"We feel that he should be hanged to death. I will be requesting the court to start the trial as soon as possible and June 1 might be a little late. We welcome the court's decision," Vikas Walkar told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/shraddha-walkar-case-aftab-poonawala-charged-with-murder-pleads-not-guilty-1217089.html" target="_blank"> Shraddha Walkar case: Aftab Poonawala charged with murder, pleads not guilty</a></strong><br /><br />He also said that on May 17, he will hold a one-day protest in Mumbai to demand a speedy trial in the case.</p>.<p>"We want our voice to be heard in Delhi," he added.</p>.<p>Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar said prima facie a case for offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) was made out against the accused.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had filed a 6,629-page charge sheet in the case on January 24.</p>.<p>Walkar was allegedly strangled by Poonawala on May 18 last year, following which he sawed her body into pieces and kept them in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli.</p>.<p>He scattered the pieces at different places in the national capital to avoid getting caught.</p>