'Be My Friend Or Else...': Jharkhand Victim's Dad Claims Accused Threatened Her

The victim's father said that the main accused was pestering her to become friends with him.

A teenager in Jharkhand's Dumka district, who succumbed to burn injuries on Sunday, 28 August, after she was allegedly set on fire by a man whose overtures she did not reciprocate, was allegedly troubled by the man for several days prior to her death.

The victim's father told The Quint that the main accused, who has since been arrested, was pestering her to become friends with him.

The father further said that a man, who resides next to the victim's house, had got the victim's number through her friend ten days ago.

"After that he constantly kept troubling her by calling. On the night of 22 August as well he had called and threatened saying, become my friend or else face grave consequences," the father said.