She was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave home

A 15-year-old Indian student who made crude remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a July protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar now lives in hiding after her 11-second video went viral, triggering online harassment and a police case. The teenager, identified as R, was among thousands who demonstrated against education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks; after police violence, anger turned toward Modi and his deputy. Though R issued a public apology and the police case was reportedly withdrawn, she remains unable to leave home due to safety concerns 86 days later, saying she feels treated as a criminal in her own country.