New Delhi –
The police said that an Indian man
who tried to protect his daughter from sexual harassment and complained to
authorities has been burnt alive. Police officer RA Pandey said that Narmada
Sahu, 45, died at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh state late on Sunday
.
Pandev said that the victim’s relatives
alleged that his 16-year-old daughter was routinely harassed by a neighbour and
that Sahu complained to police in August. He said the neighbour demanded that
Sahu withdraw the complaint.
Police said on Sunday the neighbour
barged into the victim’s house with two friends, poured kerosene on him and
sett him on fire. “We have arrested the three attackers, lodged a criminal case
and launched investigations,”
Pandey said. Sexual violence has
been a focus of public attention in India since the gang-rape and murder of a
student in New Delhi in 2012.
(dpa/NAN)
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