Kathmandu, Aug. 26 -- 1. Incident and allegations: Smriti Paudel, a bachelor's student at Amrit Science College in Lainchaur, publicly accused Sumit Bhattarai of stalking and harassing her for over a year. Her Instagram post detailed relentless physical and cyber harassment, including being followed in microbuses, approached at her exam centre, threatened at college, and called repeatedly from multiple numbers. She also accused Bhattarai of bringing accomplices to intimidate her friends.

2. Viral response and public attention: Paudel's 11-page post went viral within hours, attracting over 10,000 likes, 800 comments, and 13,000 shares. Support poured in from other women recounting similar experiences and highlighting how stalking is norma...