Mumbai: Amid immense public outrage over brutal murders committed by Sonam Raghuvanshi and Muskaan Rastogi, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has called out society for being shameless and biased.
Talking about the two cases in which the women killed their husbands, Javed said during an open session with NDTV he has ‘mixed emotions’.
“I have mixed emotions on this matter. These two women got their husbands killed and the society is shaken. Then there are women who are burnt alive every other day. If not burnt alive, then the lives that they live with their husbands are worse than death. They are beaten every day. Then the society is not outraged?”
He continued, “Bada besharam hai samaaj. Do auroton ne murder kiye toh chauk para aur itne barso se jo mard uspe zaarti kar rahe hain aur aaj bhi kat rahe hain uspe uski joo nahi rengti (Our society is shameless! Two women killed their husbands, so the society is shaken, but what about the crimes that men commit against women? No outrage on that)? If they did kill so soon after their marriage then find out whether they were forced into marriage or not. Is it easy for a woman from a small town in India to say no to marriage? Can she say that?”
Raja Raghuvanshi’s body was found in a deep gorge close to a waterfall in Meghalaya’s Sohra area on June 2. His wife Sonam surrendered a few days later.
According to police, Sonam conspired with her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha to kill Raja.
Muskan, on the other hand, allegedly stabbed her husband Saurabh Rajput to death with the help of her lover, Sahil Shukla on March 4.
