The Maharashtra Police pursuing the complaint filed by Shraddha Walkar with the Vashi police in November 2020 against Poonawala which claimed that he was physical assaulting her and had threatened to kill and cut her into pieces, could have saved a young life curtailed so cruelly in its prime. Though Shraddha had withdrawn the complaint later, the police could have still organised a joint meeting of the two and given both some sane advice. The problem with the police in our country is that they are overworked. Complaints or cases related to violence against women should be referred to the nearest all woman police station. Hopefully, the woman police would go into the matter more exhaustively. This is of utmost necessity since on the heels of the Shraddha Walkar killing we have had a series of horrifying murders of women and unless quick exemplary punishment is given, we will continue to see our women getting killed in most brutal circumstances. We need an attitudinal and cultural shift of mindset in our society for protecting our women from men with homicidal tendencies.
