Amroha (UP), April 20 -- A youth accused of sexually assaulting a female teacher died during treatment on Sunday after consuming poisonous substance in Amroha district here in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here.

Circle Officer (CO) Avadh Bhan Bhadoria said that a case of raping a female teacher was pending in the court against the deceased Faisal (27), a resident of Naugawan Sadat police station area.

"On Saturday, the victim had given a complaint in the police station in which she had accused Fiasal of entering the college, pointing a gun and threatening to kill her in a bid to withdraw the rape case. The entire incident was captured in the CCTV camera of the college," he said.

He said that it was alleged that Faisal had threaten...