India, Aug. 30 -- The fact that the Delhi police has found texts that pointed to a "toxic relationship" between 21-year-old Muskan, and 28-year-old Imran who is accused of murdering her on August 26, is a crucial detail of the investigation that must make us sit up and take notice - not because it offers the rest of us a salacious bit of information about a private relationship between two adults, but because of how easily we accept the fact of its existence in a relationship between two adults.

What exactly happened on the day of the crime, when the life of a budding model and content-creator was tragically cut short, is for the police to investigate and present before the court. Till then - and even afterwards - any assumption about th...