Shraddha Walkar who was strangled after which butchered by her live-in companion Aaftab Amin Poonawala in Delhi had complained towards her abusive boyfriend in 2020 in Maharashtra. Because the grievance letter was made public on Wednesday, Delhi Fee for Ladies chief Swati Maliwal raised questions over the investigation at the moment — why no motion was taken by the police. Blaming the system of the nation, Swati Maliwal mentioned, “So long as the system of the nation will stay so hole, women will maintain dying like this.” Learn | ‘Shraddha mentioned don’t be concerned, such issues occur’: A buddy’s account of what occurred 2 years in the past
On November 23, 2020, Shraddha complained towards Aaftab through which she narrated how Aaftab threatened her that he would strangle her and reduce up into items. Within the grievance letter, Shraddha wrote Aaftab tried to kill her on that day. “Poonawala has been abusing me and beating me up.” “Immediately, he tried to kill me by suffocating me and he scares and blackmails me that he’ll kill me, reduce me up in items and throw me anyway. It has been six months he has been hitting me. However I didn’t have the heart to go to police as a result of he would threaten to kill me,” Walkar mentioned within the grievance including that Aaftab’s mother and father had been conscious of the complete difficulty. Shraddha and Aaftab had been residing collectively as they had been about to get married ‘with the blessings’ of Aaftab’s mother and father, Shraddha wrote. However following the common torture, she was not prepared to stick with Aaftab, she knowledgeable the police in that letter.
Why was Shraddha Walkar’s 2020 grievance towards Aaftab closed?
After the 2020 letter grew to become public, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar questioned the position of the Maharashtra police. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned he noticed the letter and a few very severe allegations had been raised by Shraddha. An inquiry will likely be initiated into why no motion was taken by the police at the moment, he mentioned.
Maharashtra Police on Wednesday mentioned they started the investigation however the case was closed after Shraddha submitted a press release withdrawing the case. DCP of Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) Commissionerate, Suhas Bavache mentioned that Shraddha in her written assertion had said that “the dispute between herself and Aaftab Poonawala was resolved.”
“No matter crucial motion needed to be taken in that matter was completed by police at the moment. The applying that was given by the complainant was additionally investigated. After the investigation, the complainant herself gave a written assertion that there isn’t any dispute. Her buddy’s mother and father additionally cajoled her to resolve the dispute. She gave the written assertion and after that the case was closed,” mentioned Bawche.
Shraddha’s former colleague Karan too confirmed that Shraddha didn’t pursue the case following the intervention of Aaftab’s mother and father who promised her that Aaftab would transfer out of the flat.