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Rape-murder in south Mumbai hostel: ‘We were discouraged from complaining’
Updated On: 11 June, 2023 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Arpika Bhosale
Ex-residents of Charni Road hostel where 19-year-old was raped and murdered, form support group; claim accused watchman had targeted shy girls in the past and authorities did nothing
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Savitridevi Phule Mahila Chaatralaya in Charni Road is preferred by college girls due to its location and affordable rates. Pic/Sameer Markande
Around 90 women from across the country came together to join in on an online call set up by a support group, to deal with the horrors they faced at the Savitridevi Phule Mahila Chhatralaya, the hostel at Charni Road where a 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered on Tuesday. For many of them, the shared trauma stems from the fact that they knew the perpetrator because he had targeted them as well.
The police are currently conducting inquiries against Omprakash Kanojia alias Prakash, a laundry man at the hostel, who was also an unofficial security guard. The police believe he entered the victim’s room by unlocking the inside bolt through a vent above the door, forced himself on her and strangled her with her clothes. His body was found on the railway tracks and he is believed to have died by suicide 15 minutes after fleeing the hostel.
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