Nuptial Ties now at stake
Why are relationships leaking in today's world? After all, why are relationships being broken into pieces to fulfill their hobbies and dreams or to get rid of any burden? Why are old relationships being sacrificed to build new ones? Is there no option left to separate from each other other than murder or is there a big mentality behind it, which has been growing in the mind for years? A family is formed by one's own family, a society is formed by one's family, but the foundation of families is crumbling. The links of attachment in relationships are being broken. That's why they are becoming enemies of their own lives. He has become an enemy of his brother's life, the son is killing the father and the mother is killing the son. In just one year, there have been cases in which there is no relationship left who has not been murdered. There are many reasons for the increasing distances in relationships. Social media is responsible. Chatting with unknown people, talking to them for hours has an impact on the heart and mind. People live in fantasy worlds. A communication gap begins between loved ones. The warmth of relationships ends. One reason is busyness. People don't have time to pay attention to their families. Husband and wife are unable to give time to each other. This aggravates the problem. 'Aashiq's order, husband's murder', 'Suitcase scandal after blue drum', 'I killed the monster' These titles are not of any film but the real events that today's newspapers are full of. Nowadays some women are getting thirsty for their own husband's blood for their 'love'. Without any fear and intimidation, they are killing their husbands and sacred relationships. The relationship which begins with seven rounds and promises, where a promise is given to stay together for not one birth but seven births, today the same relationship is being tainted by women with deception and conspiracy. The Meghalaya honeymoon trip of Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam Raghuvanshi, a newlywed couple from Indore, turned into a creepy conspiracy that shook the entire nation. Just nine days after the wedding on May 11, 2025, according to Hindu rituals, the couple left for Shillong, Meghalaya for their honeymoon, on May 20, but the story took a mysterious turn after the two switched off their phones on May 23. On June 2, Raja's body was found in a deep gorge of Veisawadong waterfall near Cherrapunji, while Sonam was missing. Initially, it was thought to be a case of robbery and murder, but Sonam's arrest on June 9 gave a new twist to the case. It is being said that Sonam was in love with a man named Raj Kushwaha, which is why he got the murder done.
It is also important to look at Sonam's mental state from the perspective of psychological analysis. Arranged marriages are a common practice in Indian society, but it is often driven by social and family pressures. Was there pressure from family or society on Sonam to agree to this marriage? In Indian society, especially in middle-class families, economic status and social status are given priority, due to which personal desires are suppressed. The question arises whether Sonam was a victim of social pressure, which led her to such an extent.
For the past few months, some news has been very disturbing to the mind. In the Saurabh case of Meerut, where the murderer 'Muskan' along with her lover gave a painful death to her husband, be it Auraiya's progress or Razia of Deoria, who killed her husband who returned from Dubai, cut his body into pieces and stuffed it in the same suitcase, with which her husband Naushad had returned from Dubai. It is being told that Razia had illicit relations with her nephew. The latest case has come to light from Karnataka where a former DGP Om Prakash was brutally tortured to death by his wife. Not only this, she killed her husband and informed one of her friends on the phone that I killed the monster. In May 2022, Shraddha Walker was allegedly strangled to death by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla in her flat in Delhi. He allegedly chopped her body into 36 pieces and stuffed the mutilated parts in a refrigerator and then scattered the body parts at several places in the national capital for several days, so that no one knew about the murder. However, Aftab was arrested by the police. In this case, the Delhi Police had filed a 6,629-page charge sheet on January 24, 2023. A common factor in all these incidents is infidelity, illicit relations and years of abuse by the husband. In all these incidents, the cruelty grew so much that the relationship took an ugly turn. Somewhere, the bundle of seven promises in a blue drum or suitcase was slaughtered, and somewhere the relationship was cut by a snake and brought to a dangerous conclusion. It is not that there were no murders in love before. In the past, lovers have carried daggers or pistols in their hands, but since 2010, the number of murders due to husband-wife, love, infidelity and illicit relationship has increased rapidly.
If we look at the data of the last 15 years, it is clear that as the trend of social media increased, the relationship between husband and wife, after marriage and love became more bloody. According to statistics, between 2010 and 2014, the percentage of murders due to love affairs and relationships was 7 to 8 percent, but between 2015 and 2022, it increased to 10 to 11 percent. This number is increasing continuously. According to NCRB data, a total of 17,924 cases of suicide were registered across the country in 2022, out of which 8,204 were committed suicide in marriage-related cases alone. While one of the 7 thousand 692 loving couples committed suicide due to love.
Apart from this, 855 people committed suicide due to illicit relations. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 4 per cent of married women admitted to physically hurting their husbands. Love is no longer the name of the feeling that once lived in every heart. The question is where our society is headed. Is this the measure of progress and freedom? There is a need for deep reflection about where the erosion of social and family values will end. These cases are a challenge to the police and the legal system as well as a warning to the society. These stories also raise the question, do we really understand our relationships? Are we inviting such tragedies by stifling individual desires in the face of societal pressures? The stories of Raja, Saurabh, Dilip and Deepak are not just about crime but of broken dreams, betrayal and human weakness. They teach us that a relationship is incomplete without love and trust and if it is forced, the consequences can be fatal.