ISLAMABAD—A teenage Pakistani gang-rape victim died Friday after setting herself on fire a day earlier to protest the release of one of her alleged rapists from police custody, officials said.

Amina Bibi, 18, said she was raped by five men on Jan. 5 as she walked home from her college in central Muzaffargarh district.

Police arrested four men but released the main accused on Thursday.

Bibi alleged that intentionally misleading work by the police resulted in the release of the man. She set herself ablaze in front of the police station on Thursday, said a police officer on condition of anonymity.

“She was sent to a local hospital and then taken to another medical facility in neighbouring Multan city where she died,” he said.

Geo TV reported that Pakistani Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took notice of the incident and asked police to submit a report on Monday.

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