Indian girl set on fire for resisting molestation

Lucknow - A teenage girl has died in northern
India one week after a gang of men set her on
fire as punishment for resisting their attempts
to molest her, police said on Wednesday.
The horrific incident is the latest in India where
sex attacks on women continue to occur on an
almost daily basis despite an international
outcry over the fatal gang-rape of a student in
2012.
In the latest case, police have arrested four men
over the attack which occurred after the 15-
year-old girl stepped outside her home in Uttar
Pradesh state on 16 November.
The girl's family has told police that six men
dragged her back inside the house after she
objected to their lewd gestures and attempts to
touch her, local superintendent RK Sahu said.
The men then doused her in kersosene and set
her on fire as punishment in Shahjahanpur
village, 277km southeast of New Delhi,
according to the family.

The girl was taken to a local hospital but died
of her injuries on Sunday night, the officer said.
"Four of the six accused have been arrested. All
of them belong to the same village and are of
the same caste as that of the girl," Sahu said.
Police are hunting for the other two accused.
India has faced intense scrutiny in recent years
in the wake of a series of high-profile rapes that
have unleashed a wave of public anger against
its violent treatment of women.
The fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on
a bus in Delhi in December 2012 sparked
massive street protests and led to tougher laws
for sexual offenders. But rapes routinely
continue to hit the headlines across the
country.