The accused who allegedly sexually assaulted and killed the 18-year-old student at the Marine Drive hostel was obsessed with her, the police have said. The accused Omprakash Kanojiya often tried to strike up a conversation with her and when she refused, he would taunt her in front of other girls, the police probe has revealed. The statements of her friends and call details of the accused and victim have revealed he would call her over frivolous reasons to try to have a conversation.

According to the victim’s friend, Kanojiya had barged into the victim’s room at the Savitridevi Phule Mahila Chaatralay few days back and tried to molest her, but she didn’t tell her family this. Her family claimed her body from JJ Hospital on Thursday evening and performed the last rites at Shivaji Park crematorium. Her father, who is not satisfied with the police probe, has sought a CBI inquiry into the case.