A 16-year-old girl, belonging to a Scheduled Caste, who immolated herself a few days ago after she was subjected to verbal harassment with sexual innuendo by four youth of the same village, succumbed at Tiruvarur Medical College Hospital on Friday evening.
The girl, who hailed from a village coming under the Koothanallur police station limits in Tiruvarur district, resorted to the extreme step by dousing herself with kerosene in her house on April 8. The girl, who was awaiting results of the SSLC examination, succumbed to burns after giving a dying declaration before a Magistrate.
Police sources said the girl’s father had lodged a complaint with the Koothanallur police stating that four youths - also belonging to the Dalit community - had harassed his daughter sexually causing mental agony to her.
The girl was apparently distressed over the treatment. After she sustained severe burns, her parents rushed her to the Tiruvarur hospital where she died. Her body was handed over to the parents after post-mortem. The Koothanallur Police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.