This essay is excerpted from Cake Zine’s fourth volume, “Tough Cookie.” Cake Zine is an independent print publication exploring society through sweets. Off the coast of New Zealand, the back of nearly every blue whale is dimpled with milky white constellations of scars from prior cookie-cutter shark bites. Occasionally, very occasionally, people become cookies, too: On separate occasions in 2019, …
A 24-year-old man, believed to be suffering from hydrophobia, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing an elderly woman and consuming her flesh. Even in the hospital, he created a ruckus, after which he was tied up by the nursing staff on a bed,” Jaitaran Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhram Bishnoi said. Following the incident, Shanti Devi’s son, …
Delhi Police on Tuesday told the Saket court that Aaftab Poonawala, who is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, is a “trained chef” and knows how to preserve flesh. Aaftab-Shraddha Sought Professional Help to Improve Relationship The police said when Aaftab-Shraddha’s relationship went sour, the victim suffered physical assaults of serious nature from the accused. It is relevant …
In the Shraddha Walkar murder case, Delhi Police told a sessions court that the accused, Aaftab Poonawala, is a trained chef and that he had the requisite knowledge of disbursement, handling and preservation of flesh. "Since the incident came to light almost 6 months later, most of the traces of crime were destructed and thus the case is solely based …