The gruesome murder of Vasai woman Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala has rightly been front and centre of news coverage in the past two weeks.

The murder, and Poonawalla’s attempts to cover it up, has had the press asking many questions—were the local police lax in responding to Shraddha’s complaints? Was she right in withdrawing one such complaint even as she tried to live through the emotional and physical abuse? What should women using dating apps do?