The police say that Manoj Sane (56), who allegedly killed his live-in-partner Saraswati Vaidya (34), an orphan, in a rented Mira Road flat on Sunday told them during questioning that he took inspiration from the Shraddha Walkar murder case.
#Mumbai #ShraddhaWalkar #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/copycat-murder-how-mumbais-saraswati-vaidya-delhis-shraddha-walkar-murder-cases-compare/articleshow/100862376.cms

#AaftabPoonawala would beat up #ShraddhaWalkar and then say sorry: Brother to court

"After my mother's death, we tried to convince her to leave him but she did not agree," Shreejay said.

http://toi.in/2Jxgyb/a24gk #press

#ShraddhaWalkar #murdercase: Trial begins in Delhi's Saket court against #AaftabPoonawala

The court slated for July 12 for cross-examination of three prosecution witnesses including Shreejay
http://toi.in/Eu9YbY/a24gk https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1664215566960455681 #press

#ShraddhaWalkar #murdercase: Trial begins in Delhi's Saket court against Aaftab Poonawala

The court slated for July 12 for cross-examination of three prosecution witnesses including Shreejay
http://toi.in/Eu9YbY/a24gk #press

A large number of citizens have participated in a 'silent' march in #Maharashtra's Palghar district to pay tribute to #ShraddhaWalkar, who was allegedly killed by her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala on May 18 last year and demanded strict action.
https://trib.al/LwNO3L1 #press

On May 9, a court in Delhi framed charges against Aaftab, who is allegedly strangled Shraddha on May 18 last year and sawed her body into several pieces, which he kept in a refrigerator for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli
#ShraddhaWalkar #FatherFilesPlea #DelhiCourt #Mortal #Rites
https://www.news18.com/india/shraddha-walkars-father-files-plea-in-delhi-court-seeking-her-mortal-remains-to-perform-last-rites-7845175.html

A #Delhi court is likely to pronounce its order on framing charges against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of strangling his live-in partner #ShraddhaWalkar and chopping her body into pieces.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/shraddha-walkar-case-delhi-court-likely-to-pass-order-on-charges-against-poonawala-today-101682731425807.html #press

The #DelhiHighCourt has restrained all news channels from displaying or playing content of the charge sheet in the #ShraddhaWalkar murder case.
https://trib.al/yW7Nkdp #press

#TriggerWarning | A local court on April 15, reserved its order on framing charges against #AaftabAminPoonawala, who is accused of strangling his live-in partner #ShraddhaWalkar and chopping her body into pieces.
https://trib.al/TKxJslv #press

En #Inde, l'horrible meurtre de #ShraddhaWalkar, une jeune femme de 26 ans, secoue le pays. Son compagnon est accusé de l'avoir tuée puis d'avoir découpé son corps en 35 morceaux. Reportage de @LeaDelfolie, @NavoditaKumari et Anida Saifi ⤵️

#ICYMI | A YouTube music video where a singer raps asking women to "stay away from Muslim boys" was released just days after the news of 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar's murder broke.

#ShraddhaWalkar
https://www.boomlive.in/decode/impact/love-jihad-shraddha-walkar-aftab-poonawala-delhi-murder-songs-youtube-20093?utm_medium=Social__TW_Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1669709796

RT @G_y_tri@twitter.com

In most cases where a woman struggles against the violence of a partner, the family knows, is complicit and says 'if she won't listen, hit her. keep her under your thumb". Often the woman who has left home of her own volition, cant return. She has nowhere to go. #ShraddhaWalkar

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/G_y_tri/status/1595306311817625600

RT @ndtv@twitter.com

🔴 #BREAKING | #ShraddhaWalkar reported boyfriend #AaftabPoonawala to police in 2020 letter: "He threatens to kill me, cut me up in pieces, throw me away" https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shraddha-walkar-reported-boyfriend-aaftab-poonawala-to-police-in-2020-letter-he-threatens-to-kill-me-cut-me-up-in-pieces-throw-me-away-3545451

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1595282963427921922

@Calamur thanks for saying it out loud. The media coverage of this case has been gory, unnessarily detailed and completely insensitive. With little regard or respect for her family and friends who are probably still in shock and severely traumatised by this ordeal.

I came across a video of the media trying to chase after one of her friends for an interview while he ran away from them. This on a busy street in Mumbai (I think). A pack of 10 men with cameras and mics running after and trying to get hold of the victims friend.

Also, a sudden spike in the number of such "boyfriend/ex/husband/stalker" kills woman type copy cat cases. The Indian media really needs some lessons on how to cover such gruesome murders. It's honestly quite disturbing to watch.

To add to what you said about how this case fits the Hindu Muslim narrative, yes it does, but I don't think it's just that. I read about a woman/labourer from Bihar being killed by her muslim stalker in Chandigarh, which did not recieve the sort of coverage this case has.

For the English speaking lot, as you rightly pointed, we have all seen such relationships around us - where women normalise and internalise being treated like shit; and where mental health issues are largely brushed under the carpet (still). This case hit a nerve for a lot of us - why would an educated and financially independent woman continue to remain in a bad situation? We have however seen this happen several times before in our social circles and we have discussed this endlessly among ourselves.

For the RW however, Shraddha is the poster child for "mummy papa ki baat nahi maanogi toh aisa hi hoga". She is the typical modern liberal woman from a Hindu family, moving away from the trappings of purely religious values. Lips pierced, short hair, wears western clothes, chooses to live life on her own terms and financially independent. It's the sort of behaviour in women that scares a lot of people. Especially considering how many Indian women are more and more 'westernised', opinionated and vocal. It's also the 'your opinions and independent thinking can get you killed' narrative.

I read an article about how an investigation team was sent to Himachal Pradesh to investigate where she had smoked up while she was there on a holiday - presumably to give us a microscopic overview of her 'westernised lifestyle'. I've even come across comments of SM from RW Indian men commenting and implying how happy they were this had happened to her, because this should teach such women a lesson.

I feel as a society our interests peak when such incidents happen to the modern, westernised, English speaking lot. For the same reason the death of Cyrus Mistry brought about a 'compulsory seat belt for the rear seat passengers' rule or the Arushi murder case garnered that much interest.

#mastindia #shraddhawalkar #murder #delhi #india

i write on the Media obsession with Murder, rape, and finding a minority angle.
increasing stickiness through hate
#ShraddhaWalkar #AftabPoonawalla
#Murder #Media
http://calamur.org/gargi/2022/11/21/media-and-murder-the-gorier-the-better-reporting-shraddha-murder-case-and-aftab-poonawallas-murderousness/

আফতাবের কেসটি নিশ্চয়ই মনোবিজ্ঞানীদের গবেষণার বিষয় হতে পারে। কিন্তু বৃহত্তর সামাজিক প্রেক্ষাপটের আঙ্গিকেই তাকে বুঝতে হবে, লিখছেন উজ্জয়িনী হালিম #shraddhawalkar #mastindia #mastodonbangla
https://nagorik.net/society/womens-rights/shraddha-murder-reveals-our-societal-deformities/

Girls are responsible for everything... Education for Girls is the problem... modi's ministers are so blatant and unabashed with their patriarchal views.
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RT @CNNnews18
#BreakingNews | Girls are responsible for leaving parents for live-in relationship: Union minister Kaushal Kishore insults #ShraddhaWalkar

"Educated girls to be blamed"

"Get married first, live-ins encourage crime"

@kaidensharmaa | @toyasingh | #Shraddha #Vic
https://twitter.com/CNNnews18/status/1593102936371961856

Girls are responsible for everything... Education for Girls is the problem... modi's ministers are so blatant and unabashed with their patriarchal views.
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RT @CNNnews18
#BreakingNews | Girls are responsible for leaving parents for live-in relationship: Union minister Kaushal Kishore insults #ShraddhaWalkar

"Educated girls to be blamed"

"Get married first, live-ins encourage crime"

@kaidensharmaa | @toyasingh | #Shraddha #Vic
https://twitter.com/CNNnews18/status/1593102936371961856

2 important takeaways from horrific #ShraddhaWalkar killing.

One, she kept going back to him after he repeatedly abused her. In fact, she even told her friends that he might take her life. Yet she told them not to report to the cops.

Why do many women have this behavioural pattern?

Second, that he was inspired by the TV series #dexter to execute the unimaginable cover-up. A series that normalized murder.

Such is #patriarchy and the impact of "entertainment".

the murder of #ShraddhaWalkar reminds so many of us about how few options exist for women when they want to walk out of a relationship.
especially when that relationship has no social sanction.
even now, MSM news is more shocked at the fact that it was a "Live in " relationship than that she was battered, and then murdered.
I wonder about a society, where violence against women is normal. And women exerting agency is not