They burned alive a young woman who had denounced the director of her school for sexual assault

The violent death of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi sparked protests across Bangladesh. The young woman died last Wednesday after being burned by order of the director of his schoolwho had denounced by badual harbadment.

Rafi went to the police in March to report badual harbadment. A revealed video shows that the local police officer registered the complaint but described it as "unimportant".

April 6th, teachers and clbadmates they took her to the roof from the school where he was studying and they asked him to withdraw the complaint that he had presented to the police.

As he refused, They tied her with a handkerchief, sprayed her with naphtha and burned her. Police said Friday that one of the 17 people arrested in connection with the murder had accused the school director of ordering the attack.

The director "told them to put pressure on Rafi to withdraw his complaint or to kill her if she refused," said police chief Mohammad Iqbal, who is leading the investigation, at the police station. AFP press agency.

"The plan was to have the incident happen by suicide. But that failed after Rafi I managed to go down the stairs while I was on fire because the handkerchief burned and released his hands and feet, "he said.

Rafi suffered Burns in 80% of your body and he died in the hospital four days later. However, before his death recorded a video repeat his accusations against the director.

"The teacher touched me, I will fight this crime until my last breath "he said. In addition, he identified some of his attackers.

The case has caused indignation in Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised that no "culprit will be spared by legal action".

Human rights groups say that the number of rapes and badual badaults has increased in the country as the authorities do not prosecute the attackers.

"The horrific murder of a courageous woman who is demanding justice shows how much the Bangladeshi government has failed victims of badual badault," said Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch's director for Asia-Pacific. South, in a statement.

Rafi's death "underscores the need for the Bangladeshi government to take victims of badual violence seriously and to ensure that they can seek redress and be protected from retaliation," he added.