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Moving final vow of student burnt to death for reporting sexual harassment

Nusrat Jahan Rafi claimed her headmaster molested her and reported the incident to the police.

A teenager has been doused with kerosene and burnt to death after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against her headteacher.

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was killed in the incident that has outraged Bangladesh after being taken to the roof of her school by a fellow student and attacked.

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