The Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra has decided to build a special squad for the security of girls leaving home, after a quarrel with their parents as the horrific murder of Shraddha Walkar that has sent shockwaves across the nation. The Maharashtra government said on Saturday that the state women's commission will form a special squad to protect the safety of women who elope while in a relationship or flee their homes against the wish of their parents.
I've directed the state women's commission to form a special squad (to ensure the protection of girls fleeing their homes). Once a girl becomes an adult, she can't be forcibly either by her family or the police. However, when she gets into a fight with her family members, marries against their wish and elopes, she knows she won't get any help from her family in the event of trouble," Mangal Prabhat Lodha, minister for skill development and entrepreneurship in Maharashtra was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Walkar, who hails from Mumbai, was brutally murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala, six months ago, but the incident was unearthed recently. Poonawala chopped her body into at least 35 pieces for over two days, stored them in a refrigerator, for about three months, and dumped the body parts piece by piece in different parts of south Delhi.