Mumbai: Shalini Devi (56) left a job as a flight attendant to study law. Influenced by the work done by advocate Flavia Agnes who had set up Majlis, a forum that gives legal and social support to women and children facing domestic and sexual violence, Devi joined the organisation in 2012.

For the next four years, she worked with the group, helping women seeking help and shelter in situations of physical, psychological, and sexual violence. On Saturday, Devi was found dead in her flat in Powai. Her estranged husband, who she had remarried after a divorce, was arrested as an accused in the murder.

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Devi's former colleagues at Majlis are distraught by the news of her death. Advocate Audrey D'Mello, director, Majlis Legal Centre, said, "It is very disturbing. It is

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