By IANS,
Lucknow: A young girl Wednesday tried to immolate herself in Moradabad town of Uttar Pradesh after being sexually harassed by a boy of her locality, police said.
The 15-year-old girl has been sent to New Delhi for medical treatment. The incident took place at Harthala in the Civil Lines area of Moradabad town.
The girl had lodged a complaint with city police against a boy named Danish for harassing her. Pressure was being put on her and her family to withdraw the complaint.
The family members of the girl have accused the police of “counselling” them for withdrawing the complaint.
Taken aback by the developments and hurt by the pressure exerted on her family, the girl doused herself with kerosene and set herself on fire, police said.
Moradabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Neelabjo Chowdhary told IANS that the police registered a complaint Monday and the accused was arrested Tuesday.