Sun Feb 09 13:14:04 UTC 2025: ## Shraddha Walkar’s Father, Vikas Walkar, Dies at 50
**VASAI, MAHARASHTRA –** Vikas Walkar, father of Shraddha Walkar—whose brutal murder last year shocked the nation—passed away on Sunday at his home in Vasai, Palghar district, Maharashtra. He was found unresponsive by family members and subsequently pronounced dead at a local hospital. While preliminary investigations suggest cardiac arrest as the cause of death, a postmortem report is pending.
Mr. Walkar’s death comes just over a year after his daughter’s murder. Shraddha Walkar was allegedly killed by her live-in partner, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, in Delhi in May 2022. Poonawala is accused of strangling her, dismembering her body, and scattering the remains across the city. A 6,629-page chargesheet in the case was filed by Delhi Police in January 2023. The details surrounding Mr. Walkar’s death are still emerging, pending the official post-mortem report.
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