A 37-year-old woman has managed to put her "molester" behind bars 23 long years after the alleged abuse, having found out that the accused continues to sexually prey on children. The woman, now a well-settled lawyer in Hong Kong, had filed a complaint in 2019 against her private tutor, who, she alleged, had molested her at her Darjeeling home when she was 14. The accused, in his late 40s, was arrested earlier this month in Siliguri. "Long way to go, this is just a small victory. The culprit's bail application recently got rejected and I am thankful that the police have made a strong case against him," she told PTI from Hong Kong on Friday.

Asked what took her more than two decades to come forward and lodge a complaint, the woman said she was "scared and confused" and had no knowledge how to cope with her trauma, she said. "It can be really difficult to come forward with details of sexual assault and molestation, especially after burying it in some corner of the mind. I decided to file a complaint after I found out that the accused, a teacher in Siliguri, continues to sexually abuse kids," she said.