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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.

Reported by: Yashika Sharma
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Sona Mohapatra posted a long open letter on her Twitter account to Sony TV and Media addressing the reinstating of Anu Malik as a judge on the 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 the same topic. Neha talked about how she had to face it all at the age of 21. She also called Malik a "predator":

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

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

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13:28 IST, October 31st 2019