A 16-year-old girl died on Monday, 30 July in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, after being set on fire by an alleged stalker. On 29 July, a man identified by the girl’s father as 18-year-old Mohammad Zahid barged into the girl’s house, poured kerosene on her and set her aflame.

The girl’s family was able to douse the fire, but by then, she had already suffered severe burns. Navin Kumar Tiwari of Kotwali police station said: “The girl was a student of Class 10. According to the girl’s father, Zahid used to harass his daughter. Upset over this, she informed her family about it.”

She died during treatment on Monday.

(Source: Hindustan Times)