On this dialogue, Dr. Kiran Bedi addresses the difficulty of dowry-related violence, specializing in the culpability of the sufferer’s dad and mom. The dialog is contextualised by the case of Nikki Bhati, a younger lady allegedly killed as a result of dowry calls for after years of harassment. Dr. Bedi states, “The dad and mom are the first abettors.” She argues that folks provoke the crime by luring the groom’s household with dowry and proceed the abetment by sending their daughters again to abusive houses out of a egocentric curiosity to get them away. As a substitute of a brand new legislation to repair parental legal responsibility, she suggests their function as abettors beneath the prevailing Dowry Act must be established throughout investigations. Dr. Bedi requires a social motion, political will, and media campaigns to struggle the menace, emphasizing that households should help their daughters and never ship them into “social prisons.”