<p>Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who allegedly killed his 27-year-old live-in-partner Shraddha Walkar and dismembered her body, on Tuesday told a Delhi court that he committed the crime in the "heat of the moment", according to his counsel.</p>.<p>At the end of his five-day police custody, Poonawala was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla who extended his custody by four more days and allowed his polygraph test.</p>.<p>Poonawala told the court that he had committed the crime in the heat of the moment and that he was cooperating with the police, the counsel said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/killed-shraddha-in-the-heat-of-the-moment-says-aftab-poonawala-1164624.html" target="_blank">Killed Shraddha in the heat of the moment, says Aftab Poonawala</a></strong></p>.<p>The counsel also said that Poonawala expressed difficulty in exactly identifying the places where he had allegedly thrown the body parts as he was not familiar with the city. </p>.<p>Poonawala will be taken to two ponds for the search of the body parts, one in Mehrauli forest and the other in Maidangarhi here. He has also provided a sketch of a pond where he allegedly threw the body parts, the counsel said.</p>.<p>A Delhi Police official earlier said that police "sought an extension of his (Poonawala's) police custody remand since the investigation is still underway.</p>.<p>"Based on our application, we have got four more days of police custody of the accused which will help in collecting more evidence," the official said.</p>.<p>Police also got permission to conduct a polygraph test on Poonawala.</p>.<p>A polygraph test is a non-invasive technique in which no medicine is used. The subject is attached to a machine and questions are asked to him/her about the matter related to any case or incident. The variation in the graph when the subject answers the questions are mapped to draw a conclusion.</p>.<p>According to the American Psychological Association (APA), polygraph tests measure a person's "heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin conductivity". The purpose of the test is usually to prove whether or not a person committed a crime</p>.<p>Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled his live-in partner Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi’s Mehrauli locality. He later disposed of the body parts across the city over several days.</p>
<p>Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who allegedly killed his 27-year-old live-in-partner Shraddha Walkar and dismembered her body, on Tuesday told a Delhi court that he committed the crime in the "heat of the moment", according to his counsel.</p>.<p>At the end of his five-day police custody, Poonawala was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla who extended his custody by four more days and allowed his polygraph test.</p>.<p>Poonawala told the court that he had committed the crime in the heat of the moment and that he was cooperating with the police, the counsel said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/killed-shraddha-in-the-heat-of-the-moment-says-aftab-poonawala-1164624.html" target="_blank">Killed Shraddha in the heat of the moment, says Aftab Poonawala</a></strong></p>.<p>The counsel also said that Poonawala expressed difficulty in exactly identifying the places where he had allegedly thrown the body parts as he was not familiar with the city. </p>.<p>Poonawala will be taken to two ponds for the search of the body parts, one in Mehrauli forest and the other in Maidangarhi here. He has also provided a sketch of a pond where he allegedly threw the body parts, the counsel said.</p>.<p>A Delhi Police official earlier said that police "sought an extension of his (Poonawala's) police custody remand since the investigation is still underway.</p>.<p>"Based on our application, we have got four more days of police custody of the accused which will help in collecting more evidence," the official said.</p>.<p>Police also got permission to conduct a polygraph test on Poonawala.</p>.<p>A polygraph test is a non-invasive technique in which no medicine is used. The subject is attached to a machine and questions are asked to him/her about the matter related to any case or incident. The variation in the graph when the subject answers the questions are mapped to draw a conclusion.</p>.<p>According to the American Psychological Association (APA), polygraph tests measure a person's "heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin conductivity". The purpose of the test is usually to prove whether or not a person committed a crime</p>.<p>Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled his live-in partner Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi’s Mehrauli locality. He later disposed of the body parts across the city over several days.</p>