A special team will be formed to probe the alleged police inaction on the complaint lodged by Shraddha Walkar against her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala for alleged abuse in 2020, two years before she was murdered, said Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The minister also told the lower house on Tuesday that the government had been noticing a pattern in inter-faith live-in arrangements and marriages wherein the women are tortured, robbed of their property and driven away. 

BJP legislator Atul Bhatkhalkar raised the issue of Walkar’s murder in the house while his party colleague Ashish Shelar demanded a special police team to probe the inaction of Tulinj police on Walkar’s complaint. Shelar also expressed suspicion that Walkar was pressured into withdrawing the complaint by several, including politicians, and demanded that these people be identified. He went on to allege that the documents related to the case were tampered.
 
Opposition leader Ajit Pawar demanded that the Union home minister be urged to fast-track the case as the Delhi police, which are probing the case, are under the purview of the Centre.