After a teen woman was fatally stabbed in public over the weekend in Delhi, outrage concerning violent crimes towards ladies and considerations about their security have risen in India.

Surveillance digicam footage seems to point out a person stabbing the woman over 20 instances and smashing her head with a concrete block repeatedly on a busy road in northwest Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy space whereas these passing by did not intervene.

The sufferer, recognized as Sakshi, was a 16-year-old who labored part-time as a tutor to assist her household earn a dwelling. She was in a relationship along with her alleged killer, 20-year-old Sahil Khan, for the previous yr. The two had an argument on Sunday, native police mentioned.

Later that evening, when Sakshi was on approach to attend a birthday celebration, police say Khan killed her.

Khan, an air con repairman, was arrested from Delhi’s neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Kumar Singh, Delhi’s Deputy Police Commissioner, advised the press on Monday. Indian media reports quoted interrogators who mentioned Khan has reportedly advised the police that he has no regrets in regards to the killing as a result of the woman was ignoring him and needed to finish the connection.

The video of the homicide has shocked individuals within the nation the place brazen and ugly crimes towards ladies are on rise. Experts consider the rising instances of crimes towards ladies are rooted in societal patriarchy, lack of training and sensitivity.

People on social media described the homicide as “spine chilling,” “shocking,” and “disturbing.”

“It is deeply distressing incident, the video is so unbearable to watch… the criminals have become fearless and there is no fear of police,” Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal advised the press on Tuesday, whereas saying money compensation of about $12,000 for the woman’s household.

Meanwhile, some expressed anger over how these passing by remained mute spectators to the killing.

“If the boy and [the] girl were kissing then the public would have interfered! Since it was [a] killing, they didn’t care assuming it’s none of their business,” wrote somebody on Twitter.

Others say ladies in India at the moment are weak to violence.

“Delhi has become extremely unsafe for women,” Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women advised reporters. “There is a complete lawlessness… people feel they can get away with crimes against women.”

Last yr, a similar case from the Indian capital made worldwide headlines. According to police, Aftab Poonawala killed her girlfriend, Shraddha Walker, chopped her physique into dozens of items and saved them in a fridge earlier than disposing them of over weeks. 

“Our men can’t take no for an answer,” Yogita Bhayana, a distinguished activist combating towards gender violence advised CBS News. “They behave this way because they believe women are their property.”

India recorded over 1,173 every day instances of crimes towards ladies on a mean in 2021, the newest yr for which records can be found. This was a rise of 15% over the earlier yr. These embrace instances of home violence, sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping.

India tightened its rape legal guidelines after the brutal rape and homicide of a Delhi paramedical scholar in 2012 – a case that induced widespread protests and made worldwide headlines. But stronger legal guidelines did not forestall rapes and different crimes towards ladies. The numbers, in actual fact, have risen.

“Unless the root cause of the problem is addressed, we are not going to see much change,” activist Bhayana advised CBS News. “We need to educate the boys about gender sensitivity in classrooms, but also run such programs for school dropouts. It’s a long battle.”