Shraddha Walkar homicide: TV crime reveals and films typically encourage crime, say police

Within the case of Shraddha Walkar’s homicide, who was allegedly killed by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala, the police have stated the accused was inspired by the American TV series Dexter. After he allegedly strangled her, Aaftab reportedly hacked Shraddha’s physique in over 30 items and saved the elements in a newly-bought fridge. He then packed the elements in small poly luggage and threw them out in a close-by forest over the subsequent two-three months, the police have claimed.

This was allegedly impressed by the present’s major character, Dexter Morgan, who works as a forensic technician. Within the present, Dexter solves crimes within the morning and leads a parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, killing murderers who he believes the justice system has not adequately punished.

Impressed by the film Tu Chor Fundamental Sipahi, a young person in Delhi allegedly killed a disabled man who he was employed to care for. Forsaking a black glove on the bedside, ‘Killer King’, and a quantity code on the mirrors inside the toilet, the accused was allegedly making an attempt to repeat the antagonist within the Nineteen Nineties film.

In August this 12 months, the Delhi Police arrested seven males, who allegedly posed as Mumbai law enforcement officials and robbed a wellness centre in Netaji Subash Place Complicated, in against the law that copied the modus operandi adopted within the Hindi film Particular 26.

In Ghaziabad earlier this week, the police recovered the physique of a person who went lacking 4 years in the past buried on the home of his spouse’s good friend. The transfer to bury the physique at his home after which construct a construction over it appeared proper out of the film Drishyam.

Inspiration just isn’t restricted to committing crimes alone. In a homicide case cracked earlier this 12 months, three youngsters have been apprehended by the Delhi Police for stabbing a 24-year-old man when he objected to their taking part in gilli-danda in a park in Northwest Delhi.

In the course of the investigation, the police stated they discovered the three boys have been inspired by the Telugu crime drama Pushpa-The Rise. They have been so taken in by the film that they copied the look and mannerisms of the titular character performed by actor Allu Arjun and even began a gang, ‘Badnaam’, together with 10-15 different boys, the police stated.

The sufferer, Shibu, police stated, had objected to the boys taking part in within the park and the accused beat him up earlier than stabbing him to dying. The act was filmed by one of many boys and police stated they have been planning to add it on Instagram to turn out to be extra “standard”.

The police stated that they had not too long ago watched Pushpa-The Rise in addition to the Indian crime sequence Bhaukaal.