The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested the man who, in a viral video, had justified the brutal murder of Shraddha Walkar.
The man, who was calling himself Rashid Khan in the video, actually turned out to be Vikas Kumar. The Sikandrabad police in Bulandshahr district revealed that Vikas Kumar pretended to be Rashid Khan and supported the act of Aaftab Amin Poonawala of chopping his girlfriend into 35 pieces.
In the viral video, Vikas had justified the brutal murder of Shraddha, claiming that this could happen in anger. “When someone is enraged, he can do more than 35 pieces,” he said.
After the video went viral, the police launched a search operation. After his arrest on Friday, police said Vikas already had criminal cases registered against him in Bulandshahr and a record of theft and carrying illegal arms in Noida.
When the police asked why he faked his name in the video, Vikas said that people laughed at him as, according to them, his “face didn’t match his name”. He further said he regretted his actions as he was unaware of the repercussions of his deeds and feared death either here or in prison.
On further investigations, the police uncovered that there were already five cases of Arms Act and theft registered against Vikas Kumar.