'Are We Supposed To Navigate Harassment Till We're Raped', Sona Mohapatra Raises Valid Question

In broad daylight, a 21-year-old girl was shot dead by her harasser outside her college. Her only fault was that she didn't repel. While the man forced her to sit inside his car, she denied the offer. He was reportedly forcing her to convert to Islam, but she rejected his friendship.

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Now, it has come to the limelight that the girl, Nikita Tomar, was being harassed by Touseef for months and had registered a case against him earlier as well. Reacting to this, Sona Mohapatra asks if women are supposed to navigate harassment until they are killed or raped.

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"To everyone who keeps asking women to 'follow due process', 'lodge a police complaint', shames them, please note #NikitaTomar did all that, did it help? Harassment of all kind is something we are supposed to somehow 'navigate' in the society we live in? Till we are raped/killed," the singer wrote on Twitter.

To everyone who keeps asking women to ¡®follow due process¡¯, ¡®lodge a police complaint¡¯,shames them, please note #NikitaTomar did all that, did it help? Harassment of all kind is something we are supposed to somehow ¡®navigate¡¯ in the society we live in? Till we are raped/killed. https://t.co/nZRPngTHOS

¡ª Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) October 29, 2020

According to a report on TOI, Touseef and Nikita studied in the school until 12th standard. After Nikita took up commerce and Touseef pursued physiotherapy, they went to different colleges. In 2018, he had abducted Nikita and a case was registered which was withdrawn by her family after a panchayat was held, as per the report.

Nikita's family was being pressured Touseef's family.