Sona Mohapatra slams NCW for closing Anu Malik sexual harrasment case: 'This is not over'

sexual harassment case filed against Bollywood musician Anu Malik has reportedly been closed. National Commission for Women (NWC) closed case “due to lack of communication/substantial evidence sought from complainant”. Singer Sona Mohapatra who h been fighting against Anu Malik for months w, took to her Facebook handle to share a long detailed post slamming NCW for t having any concern for women who were traumatized by Malik's actions.

Sona Mohapatra shares an update, says, 'Anu Malik has tried to reach out to me'

Sona's post

I just finished an event in Paris where I was representing India at a ISRO launch by a Europeon ncy & came out elated with response to my views & singing only to hear & re this heartbreaking news on social media that Anu Malik has been cleared by NCW. statement of NCW chairperson is untrue. I collated multiple testimonies painstakingly & mailed it to m within a few days of m asking for it. Requested to speak to Ms Rekha Sharma (CP) to discuss it.

Received one liner, cryptic responses on mail to all. y me effort to eng or connect with eir me or Neha Bhasin or Shweta Pandit amongst several testimonies that were in public domain. I believe in due process & systems & did exactly what I was asked to do. y could have shown some interest to write back or talk about matter & actually meet us. y didn’t. What more documents cAn you provide in cases of sexual harassment & assault? Can we record or shoot it while it happens? Is that even possible. omius manner in which y communicated in one lines scared me I’ll be honest, it is like I was criminal in ir eyes.

I dre to think about how y would treat women who don’t have a voice or means to tell world anything. Going to Hyderab after Priyanka Reddy gets gangraped to console family & give quotes to media should t be ir only job. This is a live case. So many victims & ir families are living ir trauma everytime a person like Anu Malik flaunts himself on national TV. NCW should have at least tried to even talk with a few of us. It is least we can expect for system.

This is t over. I am t one to give up good fight easily. I’ll take it to my funeral pyre if required. This was only ray of hope for a whole movement in India where all perpetrators went scot free. Sony TV was a partner in crime by riding on this for publicity for ir show as a marketing me. India will t forgive m or Anu Malik & his supporters this easily. We will fight this toger.

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