On Saturday (November 12), the police nabbed a man for murdering his Hindu live-in partner and disposing of her chopped body in the National Capital.

As per reports, the accused was identified as one Aftab. He met the victim, Shraddha, in Mumbai. The duo worked together at a call center. Shraddha fell in love with Aftab and eloped from her home after her parents disapproved of her relationship with Aftab.

The duo, thereafter, began living together in the Mehrauli area of Delhi. Aftab was reportedly miffed with the victim for asking him to marry her. On May 18 this year, he strangled her to death.

The accused then purchased a refrigerator and stored her body in it for several days. He chopped his partner into 35 pieces and disposed of them at 18 different locations in Delhi.

Reportedly, he would go out every night at 2 am to dump the body parts and destroy the evidence of his heinous crime. Shraddha’s family kept track of her whereabouts through her social media posts.

When she stopped posting updates, her family grew worried. Shraddha’s father went to Delhi but was unable to find her. Thereafter, he lodged a complaint with the police. The arrest of Aftab on Saturday (November 12) thus brought closure to the 6-month-old case.

In a statement, the Delhi police said, “Mehrauli Police solved a six-month-old case and arrested one Aftab for killing one Shraddha, chopping her into pieces and disposing of them. They fell in love while working in Mumbai and came here after families’ opposition. He murdered her when she started forcing him into marriage.”

Teach your Children to know about Love Jihad

To prevent your child from falling into the Love Jihad trap, teach your child about Dharma, Bravery, and standing up against Blackmail of any kind. Here are a few points mentioned by Rati Hegde:

1. If your children are still below the age of 10, start right now to teach them about our Dharma. Introduce them to our stories from our scriptures like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Upanishads, Folk tales, tales of Valour like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap, and more, Panchatantra and more. Every night instead of telling them stories about Santa Claus, Cinderella, Snow White, and others, teach them about Sri Rama, Mahadeva, Parvati, Hanuman, and others. Believe me, these stories are way more interesting and will build character in your child.
2. If your child is already a teenager, introduce your child to Yoga and cooking/helping in other ways at all the festivals. While cooking or helping, teach them about the festivals and how they are an important connection between us and our Bhagawan.
3. Go once a year to various Teerthsthals or our places of pilgrimage. Combine it with a holiday to other tourist locales near the pilgrim sites so that they learn about our culture and heritage along with the faith and enjoy the trip with the whole family.
4. Take your children at least once a year to a Goushala. Make them feed the cows/calves/Nandis and tell them how for us they are sacred. Talk to them about Yajnas and how important they are and how without our cattle, we cannot perform even a single Yajna.
5. As and when possible make visits to Temples, especially to the Kula-Devata/Kula-Devi Temple.

Now even more important…

1. Teach your child to be brave. Tell them about how despite the tortures of our invaders, we remained Hindus. Talk about the story of Sambaji Maharaj, the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and how he was tortured, but still, he did not bow down to Aurangzeb. He became a Dharma-rakshak. Talk about the other stories of our braves & give them such role models.
2. Teach your child how to repel blackmailing tactics right from childhood. Tell them never to fall for any sob story or threat given. Most of our Love Jihad cases happened because the girl was unable to handle the blackmail by the boy out of fear or shame.
3. The children should be able to talk freely at home about any threat perception. They should be given the chance to repent even if the mistake is the worst mistake of their life. It is better that the girl speaks up at home and faces punishment at home rather than face it in the house of the Jihadi.
4. Being friends with your child should not mean that the child gets so much freedom that they lose their way. Freedom works best when Responsibility is understood and followed. Every Hindu has a responsibility to keep his/her Dharma alive and honour the name and sacrifices of their ancestors and family.
5. Even if the girl gets caught in Love-Jihad if she wants to escape it, help her leave the relationship and come back home. If necessary, help her deal with her fears and trauma with the help of a counselor. After that, help her become financially independent. Make sure that she gets a clean break or divorce from her husband. Provide her with all the legal help required.

It is very heartbreaking to hear of the innumerable cases of deaths due to this so-called “love jihad” which has zero element of love in it from the boy’s side. Our innocent girls get trapped and find it difficult to escape from it, because of various reasons such as guilt, fear, social ridicule, insufficient backing, lack of legal resources or knowledge, and other various factors. As parents, it is our duty to educate our children and keep them safe from this horrible form of cheating and oppression.

References:

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