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‘Hostel admin never took our security concerns seriously’
Updated On: 15 June, 2023 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Stunned students from the SoBo facility where a 19-year-old was raped and murdered in her room are mentally wrecked and demand immediate changes
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A woman at Telang Memorial Hostel, Churchgate, on Wednesday. All 45 inmates of Savitribai Phule hostel have been moved here. Pic/Sameer Markande
Savitribai Phule Mahila Chhatralaya had security issues in the past as well, but the administration brushed our complaints aside. None of us thought this would escalate to a point when one of us would get killed,” said a law student. Gripped by shock, fear and anger at the alleged rape and murder of a teenager on June 6, the remaining inmates have demanded full-time female security guards and functional CCTV cameras at women’s hostels across the state.
The 19-year-old student of a Bandra college was allegedly raped in her room at the Marine Drive hostel on the night of June 6 and then murdered by watchman Omprakash Kanojiya, who was later found dead. Her death revealed an alleged security breach and the administration’s oversight in protecting the women inmates.
The inmates later alleged that Kanojiya had misbehaved with others at the hostel, too. On the day of the alleged assault and murder, a group of students were studying on the fifth floor. “I went to sleep, but a few girls were awake till late for their group study in the study hall on the fifth floor. The incident took place on the fourth floor,” said a law student.
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