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On May 18, 2022, 27-year-old Shraddha Walker was brutally murdered and chopped into pieces by her live-in partner, 28-year-old Aftab Poonawala. The nation
Among metropolitan cities, the national Capital continues to remain the most unsafe metropolitan city for women in the country India, with an average of three rape cases reported every day in 2022. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data showed the national capital recorded 14,158 incidents
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Delhi, according to the NCRB data, recorded overall 501 cases of murder - of these, at least 13 were committed over illicit relationships, 54 in personal enmity, and 197 in family, property, and other disputes. At least 35 murders took place over money and one was over water. Two cases of murders emerged out of incidents of road rage and three due to gang rivalry.
The idea of live-in relationships is considered a cultural taboo. Despite progressive laws, tradition and morality continue to have an iron grip on society.