A Girl Burnt for Resisting Attempts of Molestation

2020-10-03

Main Information

  • Victim Names Gulnaz Khatoon
  • Date of Incident 2020-10-03
  • Nature of Violence Burnt alive
  • Causal factors Gender
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Satish Kumar Rai, Chandan, Vinay Rai
  • State Bihar
  • City/District Desari, Rasoolpur Habib village under Desari block of Bihar’s Vaishali district
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Rasoolpur Habib village under Desari block of Bihar’s Vaishali district
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Gulnaz Khatoon was engaged to a man, while she was being harassed by Satish Kumar Rai with a marriage proposal. After the rejection of which, the three accused caught her as she stepped out of her home to take the trash out and began molesting her. When she resisted, they poured kerosene on her and burnt her alive. She reached the hospital with 75% burn injuries and died there. A statement of the victim was recorded by sub-inspector Shailendra Sharma at a private hospital, a few hours after the incident but the FIR was not registered. The FIR was registered after a delay of 3 days.