He threatened to kill me if I did not leave the temple monastery
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“Before I could comprehend what he was saying, he immediately turned his camera towards me and started taking photographs of my body from awkward angles and manhandling me, touching me in inappropriate places. I was deeply shaken. All my life, I never had to face being violated in this way. I tried fighting him but he was too strong for me. He punched me in the stomach and tried to strangle me. I was sweating, shaking, and terrified. As I fell to the floor, he pulled my saree. I was nearly naked when footsteps and voices of the two Sanyasis returning were heard. He threatened, ‘If you are still here tomorrow, I will come and kill you - no one will leave this place alive’. After this, he left her and ran out of the temple. I was shaking and crying, and the other sanyasis rushed to help me.
I was so shaken that I lay motionless, crying on the floor for a long time. I had bruises on my hands, arms, legs, feet and neck from the struggle. I could never have guessed it would be a day that would leave me traumatised.”