NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY

Doing The Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results

Insanity has many versions and definitions of its own. It all depends on which one we want to believe in. I have always spoken about topics and issues rarely spoken aloud by others. Today my article will address the most spine-chilling crime that we have ever seen or heard of. Yes guys I am going to talk about the Aftab Shraddha Murder Case.

I am always in search of what to write for my next article. This case has really given me goosebumps...like actual goosebumps. Let’s 1st understand the story in detail before we actually try to analyze the why’s and what's and how's. Shraddha Walkar used to stay in Vasai’s Sanskruti Apartment in Mumbai. Shraddha used to work at a call center in Malad, Mumbai and it was then that she met Aftab through a dating site called Bumble. Then both started knowing each other deeply and it was then that Shraddha decided to stay in a live-in relationship for which she even left her family and home in Mumbai. Her family was against this relationship because they were totally against inter-faith marriage but Shraddha told her family that she is 25 years old and can take her own decisions without anyone’s consent. Shraddha used to call her mother before her death in 2020 saying that Aftab used to abuse her and that the relationship was not going well. The two often fought and she accused Aftab of cheating her. That’s one Red Flag there and a critical one. Still, she stayed with him for love. Shraddha’s father asked her to come home and leave him but she didn’t do that. Had she done that then maybe she would have been alive and in one piece. After Aftab apologized to her she believed that he was truly capable of changing himself but certain people are just beyond any kind of help. Isn’t it?

They soon moved to Delhi and it was there that she was brutally killed like an animal and cut into 35 pieces. She was chopped into 35 pieces and her body parts were strewn across Delhi over a span of 16 days. Her remains were kept in a fridge until then. This horrific incident has sent shock waves across the nation and it has occurred actually in the National Capital Delhi. 26-Year-old Shraddha was brutally murdered by her live-in partner who is clearly a predator. The accused here Aftab thought he committed the perfect crime but 5 months later the Delhi police nabbed him in the murder of his girlfriend Shraddha.

Now here’s what we know about the motive. Aftab was in a live-in relationship with Shraddha. They lived in Delhi’s Chattarpur together and they moved in after meeting in Mumbai. Now her family was against this relationship with Shraddha but Aftab promised that he would tie the knot based on which Shraddha moved with him to Delhi during the questioning by the Delhi Police which revealed that Aftab said that Shraddha was constantly pressuring him saying that they must get married and they had frequent quarrels about this. During one such argument on May 18th, he murdered her. After strangling Shraddha Aftab reportedly sat there for hours wondering what to do next. He then when on to believe it or not dismember the body with a sharp weapon and then went out a bought a fridge to store the body parts in his house. He did all this to ensure that the odor doesn’t reach people. Neighbors had no clue this was happening. Over the next 16 days Aftab would step out every night at about 2 a.m to dispose of these body parts and he did it religiously for 16 days in a row till that house was cleared of Shraddha’s remains.

So where did he throw it? Largely in a forested area of Chattarpur. He would go there and throw the body parts. He would carry the body parts from his home to his car in a polythene bag and then drop off these remains across Delhi, particularly in the Chattarpur Area and he would remove the polythene bag so that the remains would get decomposed quickly or an animal would take it away.

So how did all of this come to light after soo many months? The victim’s father approached the police on November 8th. He lodged a complaint based on which an FIR was filed at the Mehrauli Police Station. He said after May 2022 he lost all contact with his daughter. He couldn’t reach her no matter what. In recent times it came to light that Shraddha was murdered. After investigating and interrogating Aftab about the details of this gruesome crime the police now are on a hunt to find the body parts, particularly in the Chattarpur area. A few bones so far haven’t been recovered. The investigation is underway but it’s looking very very doubtful that all the remains can actually be found by the authorities.

The more I hear about how Aftab executed the Murder the more I wonder how can someone be soo cruel. What can drive someone to execute a cold-blooded Murder without feeling a tad bit of guilt? This case has a lot of angles to it. One angle that we might want to address seriously is domestic violence. Like how much should one endure and when should one say the word NO? Is it even necessary to live with someone who abuses you daily just in the name of love? Shraddha loved him but I doubt whether Aftab ever saw her the way she saw him. The other angle is online dating. How much should one indulge in it? Can we really trust someone who we met online although I agree that not everyone is alike but still is it even safe for women out there?

If the reports are to be believed they were in a live-in relationship for 3 years before he decided to brutally murder her and slice her off like she was some animal just because she asked him to marry him which is not even a crime to ask. The biggest question is what was the police doing for 6 months? Why didn't anyone on earth come to know that she was murdered 6 months ago? He kept her alive through social media but even then how can anyone not see that she was dead long back?

We are living in the 21st century where women are no longer safe anywhere but especially in Delhi, even a 6-month-old baby isn't safe. Nirbhaya was the 1st case in ages that got the necessary media coverage and sympathy from the people of India but not the necessary justice. Since then we have been hearing of brutal rapes of babies and elderly women and heinous crimes as well. Will all this ever end? Murdering someone and cutting off his or her body parts into minute pieces are 2 different things altogether. Everyone is trying to understand the mindset of the killer and trying to know any underlying mental issue of the guy.

How safe is the society we live in where a guy murders someone and then cuts off her body into 35 or more pieces and disposes of those pieces for 18 days and on top of that invites girls from dating apps into the same room where there's a fridge having human body parts? He planned this Murder quite meticulously and even kept everyone in the dark for 6 months. Now there's something new that's come to light regarding this case which is that Aftab confessed that he is addicted to Marijuana and he killed Shraddha under the influence of weed. On top of that, he burnt her face to conceal her identity and threw some of her body parts in Dehradun as well. This case can't get any worse. This is the worst example of human or animal cruelty. Shraddha didn't even get a proper goodbye and it's been already 6 months since her death.

What happens in a man's mind when he is raping someone brutally like nirbhaya and even saying it loud that he inserted a rod into her private parts while alive or when he is sitting there calmly and cutting off a person's body into pieces is something that we all should think of? Don't you agree with it? When will there be a society where actual humans live and not animals and demons waiting to rape or murder someone in broad daylight in all their senses?

Like maybe sometimes we should indeed listen to our parents when they say that No this person isn't suitable for us. Shraddha would have been alive even if she had complained about the abuse she faced to the police way back.

The least we can now do is pray for her soul and pray that the police recover her body parts and that she at least gets a proper burial by her family and pray that Aftab gets a death sentence or the maximum available sentence. I hope this time the truth wins and shraddha and her family get justice the right way.

Finally, I would like to thank my parents really a lot for being overjoyed when I was born and for giving me the freedom to choose what I want to do in my life and with my life. The last 2 years have been one hell of a ride for me and they never for once made me feel bad about it instead they stood like a rock with Me making me believe that not everyone needs to achieve everything by a certain time and that I will have my good time as well. I feel lucky to have parents this good who never remind me that being born as a girl is something worth not celebrating. They kept telling me beta getting married and having kids and having your own house and car isn't as important as actually living a life where you are content and fully satisfied with your decisions and the way you have lived it rather than a life full of regrets.

P.S - This is my last blog for this year. So to those who have had a tough year, I hope things get better and turn out the way you had planned it and to those who have had the best year, I pray that every year turns out to be good for you. I would say that enjoy these last few days of 2022 and try to create moments and a bag full of memories rather than rushing behind things. Stand in for a while and breathe in the fresh air and enjoy life's beauty. And finally, for myself, I hope the next year turns out to be pain-free. Happy New Year and Happy Holidays!!!