By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Published: 08:56 BST, 18 April 2019 | Updated: 08:56 BST, 18 April 2019
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The first picture has emerged of a 19-year-old student who was burned to death in Bangladesh after accusing the headmaster of her Islamic school of rape.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, died on April 10, four days after a mob doused her with kerosene on the roof of her school in the town of Femi, south of the capital Dhaka.
Police have since arrested 15 people, seven of whom they believe were directly involved in the attack. At least two male students were among those detained.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, suffered burns to 80 per cent of her body during an attack by fellow students after accusing the headmaster of her school of rape
The tragedy began on March 27 when Rafi said the headmaster of her madrassa, or Islamic school, called her into his office, the BBC reports.
She claimed the man, named locally as Siraj-ud-Daula, repeatedly touched her inappropriately and that she fled, before going to the police station the same day.
In a video-taped interrogation, Rafi gave details of the alleged assault which were later leaked to the local media.
The allegations caused a backlash against her and her family, with male pupils from her school
