Published 15:48 IST, October 31st 2019

#MeToo: Sona Mohapatra and Neha Bhasin call Anu Malik "predator"

Sona Mohapatra posted a long open letter on her Twitter account addressing the reinstating of Anu Malik as a judge on the reality TV show Indian Idol.

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Sona Mohapatra posted a long open letter on her Twitter account to Sony TV and Media addressing reinstating of Anu Malik as a judge on reality TV show Indian Idol. Neha Bhasin, who had also talked about being a victim of Anu Malik's sexual assault, retweeted Sona's tweet and recalled her own experience in a series of tweets.

Neha Bhasin's tweets:

Neha Bhasin retweeted Sona's tweet where she shared newspaper cuttings regarding same topic. Neha talked about how she had to face it all at of 21. She also called Malik a "predator":

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Neha continued tweeting about topic. She called Anu Malik an "ugly pervert." Bhasin also wrote that Anu is an "older" man and he "shouldn't have behaved way he did": 

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Neha furr talked about how she is a brave girl. A new place away from family gets difficult for a girl because of "such incidents". She also questioned why it is okay for such men get to "walk free" while victims "hide in shame and fear":

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At end of se series of tweets, Neha said that she has always complained about se advances thinking that she will get justice. She talked about how a woman is just made for being a mor, sister, or sister-in-law. She ended with  question of what a man's role is:

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13:28 IST, October 31st 2019