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Bikaner Self-Immolation Victim Dies After Setting Himself on Fire Outside SP Office

Police are examining his withdrawn harassment complaint to understand why he returned to the station.

Overview

  • Ram Lal, 35, a resident of Khajuwala, died Saturday morning at SMS Hospital in Jaipur after suffering severe burns.
  • He poured petrol on himself and ignited it in a corridor near the Bikaner Superintendent of Police office on Friday evening.
  • Police personnel and locals doused the flames and took him to PBM Hospital, from where doctors referred him to Jaipur in critical condition.
  • Investigators say he had earlier filed a harassment complaint and later submitted a note requesting no action, and they are probing the circumstances.
  • Forensic teams collected evidence at the scene and recovered a partially burnt paper believed to be his complaint, as the state transferred SP Kavendra Singh Sagar and appointed Mridul Kachhawa.