New Delhi: Aftab, an accused in the Shraddha Walker murder case, has been fiercely attacked. This attack on Aftab Amin Poonawalla has been carried out outside the FSL lab. The attackers first pelted stones at the van carrying Aftab, followed by a sword attack. In retaliation, the police are also said to have opened fire.

#WATCH | Police van carrying Shradhha murder accused Aftab Poonawalla attacked by at least 2 men carrying swords who claim to be from Hindu Sena, outside FSL office in Delhi pic.twitter.com/Bpx4WCvqXs

— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2022

According to media reports, Aftab was brought to the Forensic Science Lab (FSL) for a polygraph test on Monday (November 28). After this test, when the police were taking Aftab to Tihar Jail in a van, during this time the people present there attacked him with swords while pelting stones. The video of the attack is also going viral. In the video, people standing near the police van are first seen waving swords, after which they are constantly attacking the van with a sword. One of them tries to enter the van by opening the gate of the back. Just then, another attacker also reaches the rear gate of the van. However, a policeman is seen from inside the van. Seeing the policeman, the attacker stops.

After this, another policeman is seen showing the gun and telling the attackers to retreat. But, the attackers do not back down. Then, the said policeman turns the gun towards the sky to fire in the air. It is being told that the policeman has also fired in the air. While the police van is moving ahead with Aftab, the assailants can be seen chasing the van. According to the report, the police recovered a car from the spot. It is being told that the people who came to attack Aftab had come in this Maruti van. Police have also found weapons like hammers, wickets, and swords in the Maruti van. At present, the police have detained two accused in this case and are interrogating them.

According to a report, one of the attackers who came to attack Aftab has said that they are 15 people, all of them came from Gurugram and were sitting outside the Forensic Science Lab (FSL) since 11 am. The attacker also said, 'We had come to cut Aftab into 70 pieces, who cut our sister and daughter into 35 pieces.'

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