Chhattarpur, March 05: A 17-year-old girl here was today set on fire four youths after she resisted their attempts to molest her.
City Superintendent of Police Sameer Yadav told PTI that the girl was alone in her house when the youths identified as Ramakant, Heerlal, Ashok Rawat and Deepak Nayak tried to enter her place.
When they could not get into the house through the door, the youths jumped in from the roof of the neighbour’s house and tried to molest her.
When she resisted this, they poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. The girl was admitted to the hospital with cent per cent burns.
The police have registered a case of teasing and attempt to murder but no arrests have been made so far.
—–Agencies