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18-Year-Old Student Set Ablaze And Killed For Reporting Sexual Harassment Against School Principal

An 18-year-old student has passed away after being set on fire for going to the police about sexual assault. Nusrat Jahan Rafi went to an Islamic school, known also as a madrasa, in Feni, Bangladesh.

She alleged that Maulana Siraj Ud Doula, the school’s principal, had been harassing her. She stated that he had summoned her to his office and then touched her inappropriately again and again.

On top of that, she had reportedly attempted to speak to other teachers about this but had been ordered to keep it quiet.Rafi filed a police report regarding this incident on the 27th of March. When she gave her statement, a police officer decided to film her without her consent.Read the full story here ▶