Student, 23, Dragged By Hair, Killed For Not Dropping Sex Harassment Case

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
student was killed in broad daylight in Madhya Pradesh on Monday by a man she had accused of sexually harassing her and who was pressuring
her to drop the case.The young woman was on her way to college in Seoni, around 370 km from capital Bhopal, when she was dragged by her hair
by the accused man, Anil Mishra
He then smashed her head with a stone.Mishra allegedly wanted her to drop her sexual harassment complaint against him
Both lived in the same village.The horrific public killing took place around noon, close to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government Girls
College, where the woman studied.Anil Mishra, 38, was waiting on his bike
On spotting her, he dragged her to the roadside, pushed her to the ground and smashed her head with a big stone lying nearby, said police
officer Arvind Jain.Some people rushed to help and overpowered Mishra
The woman, who was seriously injured and bleeding badly, died while being taken to hospital.Mishra has been arrested
The police said while investigations are on, he appeared to have committed the crime as the woman had refused to withdraw the sexual
harassment case against him.