UP: Youth sets house ablaze after married woman objects to harassment

According to the complaint lodged by the victim, the accused had been harassing her from some time and it did not stop even after she got married, they said.

The house of a married woman was allegedly set afire by a youth when she objected to continued harassment by him in Ladhawala locality here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in Ladhawala area of Muzaffarnagar. (HT File Photo)

According to the complaint lodged by the victim, the accused had been harassing her from some time and it did not stop even after she got married, they said.

The accused entered into her house on Monday and set it ablaze after she raised objection to his advances.

Investigation into the matter is underway, they added.