For this 22-year-old woman in Virudhunagar, down south, fate has been very cruel. She had lost her father, and was under her mother’s care. The woman, who hails from a Scheduled Caste, had been shouldering the family’s burden, working at a private mill.
It was then that she developed friendship with M. Hariharan, who used to meet her at the bus stop where she would wait for the company vehicle to pick her up. While she enjoyed his company initially, she had no idea that this association would trigger the horror story that was about to toss her life about.
She continued to chat with him on social media, and at some point, friendship evolved into love. They had consensual sexual relations; however, unbeknown to her, he shot a video of their intimate moments on his mobile phone.
