A charitable trust has been opened in the name of Shraddha Walkar, the Vasai-based woman who was hacked into 35 pieces by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in Delhi’s Mehrauli area on May 2022. The Shraddha Walkar Charitable Trust is dedicated to advancing the cause of women’s safety and aims to provide pro bono legal support to underprivileged families seeking justice.

“We have been often coming across new cases of crimes against women in India. Women’s safety is a prime concern in our country where families can bear the legal expenditure. The aggrieved families often lose zeal and enthusiasm to fight against the system and eventually, the accused is acquitted despite committing gruesome crimes. The conviction rate in crimes against women is very low. So, the main purpose of this charitable trust is to provide legal as well as financial support to the aggrieved families,” said Advocate Seema Kushwaha, who has been fighting a legal battle in a Delhi court to seek justice for Shraddha Walkar.