Summary:
The kids suffered for years until they read news reports of the arrest of Bhopal hostel director Ashwini Sharma, and mustered courage to complain.Their accusation triggered outrage across the state. Why did the government allow him to run the Bhopal shelter?” The six complainants alleged that Awasthi repeatedly raped them and would beat them mercilessly if they resisted. The teenagers submitted a signed complaint listing Awasthi’s horrendous and sickening acts.One of them, an 18-yearold, said he began raping her at the Hoshangabad shelter when she was 10. We will write to the collectors of Hoshangabad and Bhopal for further investigation.” He raped me in 2010 for the first time and the ordeal continued,” she communicated through Shukla..