Kathmandu, Aug. 26 -- On Friday, Smriti Paudel, a bachelor's level student at Amrit Science College (ASCOL) in Lainchaur, uploaded an Instagram post with a blunt declaration, "Enough is enough. Calling for safety."

Her 11-page post accused Sumit Bhattarai of stalking and harassing her for over a year.

"I have been silent for months," the post begins. "But this man's actions have now crossed every limit and forced me to speak up. This is a creepy man every woman should be aware of."

Within hours, the post went viral. Till Sunday evening, it had more than 10 thousand likes, 800 comments, and 13,000 shares. The comments flooded in with support for Paudel, including from other women recounting how normalised stalking has become.

Paudel's ...