India: A 16-year-old girl was shot dead at her home in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district on Friday evening. The girl was allegedly killed by three men for fighting back against sexual harassment.
According to a News18 report, the local police has launched a search to nab the three accused named by by the victim’s father and they will be arrested soon. The Class 12 girl’s body has been sent to the district hospital for post-mortem.
The victim’s father said that the men barged into his Prem Nagar home and shot the girl in the head.
“Some people came to my house today and started fighting. They shot my daughter in the head. Manish Yadav, Shivpali Yadav and Gaurav Chak killed my daughter. My daughter was a Class 12 student. These people used abusive words for her when she was coming home from school. My daughter responded and opposed the harassment,” he said. He further added that his daughter was killed for resisting an attempt of sexual harassment.
