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 a Charni Road hostel, where a 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered, according to a report in this paper. For many of them, the shared trauma stems from the fact that they knew the perpetrator, who incidentally died by suicide, because he had targeted them as well.

The perpetrator was Omprakash Kanojia alias Prakash, a laundry man at the hostel, who was also an unofficial security guard. In the report, an ex-occupant of the hostel stated that several girls recalled how this murderer would hone in on one timid, shy girl and harass her all throughout her stay at the facility. They cited a pattern, with the accused even calling them late at night. The worst thing, perhaps, is that some said their complaints to the administration went unheeded.