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Mehrauli murder: Accused should get strictest punishment, says DCW chief

DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday said the murder of a woman by her live-in partner in the national capital's Mehrauli area is perhaps "one of the scariest cases" of her life and demanded stringent punishment for the accused. The woman, Shraddha Walkar, was from Maharashtra and was living here with Aaftab Amin Poonawalla. Poonawalla allegedly strangled her and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at their residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days, according to police. "According to media (reports), Aftab used to store food in the same fridge in which he had kept Shraddha's body parts. While the body parts were at his home, he would bring over another woman. "This is perhaps one of the scariest cases of my life. Aftab should get the strictest punishment," Maliwal said in a tweet in Hindi. The Delhi Commission for Women had also issued a notice to the Delhi Police in the matter on Mo

Delhi murder case: DCW issues notice to police to submit report by Nov 18

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday issued a notice to city police asking it to submit by November 18 action taken report in the 29-year-old woman's murder allegedly by her live-in partner, here. Accused Aftab Ameen Poonawala (28) allegedly chopped Shraddha Walkar's body into 35 pieces, kept them in a refrigerator for almost three weeks and dumped them in various parts of Delhi over several days. Details of the killing and its grisly aftermath came to light almost six months later with Poonawala's arrest, officials said. Some chopped body parts have been found and police are looking for the murder weapon, they said. The officials said Poonawala bought a 300-litre fridge to keep the severed body parts and used incense sticks and room freshners to suppress the foul smell emanating from the corpse. Poonawala and Walkar fell in love while working at a call centre in Mumbai. But since their families objected to the relationship, they moved to South Delhi's Mehrauli earlier t

DCW Chief writes to PM Modi, seeking changes in remission, parole rules

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written a letter to PM Modi, seeking changes in remission and parole rules in context with the parole given to rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

DCW chief urges UP CM to set up committee to probe Ghaziabad gangrape case

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Saturday wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and urged him to set up a high-level committee to probe the alleged gangrape of a 36-year-old woman in Ghaziabad. She also said that strong action should be taken against the woman if her allegations are found to be false. This comes a day after the Ghaziabad police registered a case against the woman and three others for allegedly levelling a "fabricated" gangrape charge against five men with whom she is embroiled in a property dispute. In her letter, Maliwal said the DCW received a call on its helpline number -- 181 -- on October 18 from a GTB Hospital nurse regarding a case of sexual assault and was asked to send a counsellor. A counsellor was immediately sent to the hospital. During her interaction with the counsellor, the woman alleged that she was gang-raped by five men for two days and they inserted an iron rod into her private parts. She claimed that she was tied

DCW chief asks Thakur to ensure Sajid Khan's removal from 'Bigg Boss 16'

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Monday wrote to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur seeking the ouster of filmmaker Sajid Khan from reality show Bigg Boss over allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by several women during the #MeToo movement. The first episode of Bigg Boss' 16th season aired on October 1. The show is hosted by actor Salman Khan. "Ten women had accused Sajid Khan of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement. All these complaints show the disgusting mentality of Sajid. Now, this man has been given a place in Bigg Boss, which is wrong. I have written to @ianuragthakur to have Sajid Khan removed from this show," Maliwal said in a tweet. In her letter to Thakur, the DCW chief said it is unfortunate that Sajid Khan is participating as a housemate in the new season of Bigg Boss. "As the complaints against him reveal, it appears that Khan has acted as a sexual predator for a long time. Clearly, it is inappropriate

DCW issues notice to Delhi govt's divisional commissioner over acid sale

The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the divisional commissioner of the Delhi government seeking action against those SDMs who have not been implementing rules to regulate the sale of acid. The Supreme Court had given several directions to the Centre as well as state governments to regulate the sale of acid to prevent acid attacks in the country. To regulate the sale of acid, the Delhi government had passed an order which empowered area Sub-Divisional Magistrate to impose penalty of up to Rs 50,000 for violations. "However, it is extremely unfortunate that acid continues to be sold openly in the capital. In order to ascertain the status of implementation of the order in Delhi, notices were issued by the DCW in August to all District Magistrates seeking specific information regarding acid sale in their district," the panel said. Information was sought regarding the number of inspections conducted by the SDMs, number of penalties imposed along with the amount collect

DCW writes to I&B minister to ban 'misogynistic' body spray advertisement

The Delhi Commission For Women has written to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur demanding that a "misogynistic" advertisement being played on mass media be taken off air

Committee to ascertain landfill sites' impact on health of women, children

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) will form an expert committee to ascertain the impact of landfill sites in the city on the health of women and children living in their vicinity

DCW has instilled sense of security among women of Delhi: Kejriwal

Kejriwal was speaking at the International Women's Day Awards function hosted by the DCW here.

DCW issues notice to SBI, seeks withdrawal of guidelines for pregnant women

The Delhi Commission for Women issued a notice to State Bank of India seeking withdrawal of the guideline that prevents women who are over three months pregnant, from joining service

DCW chief Swati Maliwal tests Covid positive, says 'feeling terribly ill'

Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal Saturday said she has tested positive for coronavirus and is feeling "terribly ill". "Tested positive for COVID. Feeling terribly ill with high fever. Have isolated myself. Request people who came in contact with me to get their RTPCR done," she said in a tweet. The 37-year-old asked people to stay cautious. "Despite so much work on ground, was able to evade COVID till now! Omicron is damn infectious. Everyone pl take precaution! (sic)" she added.

DCW chief urges Prez Kovind to withdraw Kangana's Padma Shri award

DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal has written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding withdrawal of Kangana Ranaut's Padma Shri award and registration of an FIR against the actress on sedition charges.

Hathras rape: DCW chief seeks action against those involved in cover up

Delhi Commission For Women chairperson Swati Maliwal wrote to the Chief Justice of India demanding action against those officials who were allegedly involved in covering up the brutal Hathras gangrape

DCW Limited announces financial results for fourth quarter and FY20

DCW Limited, specialty chemicals company headquartered in Mumbai, declared the financial results for the quarter and financial year ended on 31st March 2020 on Monday, 06th July 2020.

Delhi NGO members assaulted by residents while catching stray dogs: Police

Four NGO members, including a woman, had come to the area to catch stray dogs on Friday night when a heated argument broke out between them and the locals, leading to a scuffle

Delhi safer for women during lockdown? Received fewer compaints, says DCW

The Delhi Commission for Women received 34,454 complaints during the coronavirus pandemic on its 181 helpline and 'observed a decrease' in the number of calls related to crimes against women

Take steps to curb domestic violence in lockdown: HC to Centre, Delhi govt

A bench of Justices J R Midha and Jyoti Singh ordered that a decision be taken in three days and steps required to protect victims of domestic abuse be immediately implemented

DCW chief Swati Maliwal hospitalised after fainting during hunger strike

Maliwal has been on a hunger strike for over 10 days and was sitting at the Samta Sthal near Raj Ghat.

DCW chief alleges police didn't allow her to start indefinite hunger strike

She was supposed to start her hunger strike on Tuesday morning against the recent incidents of rape.

DU students approach DCW over notice banning selfies, combing

Students had also staged a protest last week demanding the circular be rolled back