After continuous sexual harassment, 17-year-old girl sets herself on fire

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Upset with continuous sexual harassment, a 17-year-old girl, who sets herself ablaze on Saturday in Naguar, Rajasthan, has died of sever burn injuries, reports Times Now.

After continuous sexual harassment, 17-year-old girl sets herself on fire

Earlier in May the victim's father had filed a case against the accused for sexually harassing his daughter.

"A case has been filed and post-mortem has been carried out. We received a complaint from a man that his daughter set herself on fire after sprinkling kerosene on herself," news agency ANI quoted Makrana SHO Jitender Singh Charan as saying.

According to police, the accused was arrested after the girl's father filed a case against him under POCSO.

FIRE, SUICIDE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, COMPLAINT, POCSO, DIES