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Another case of self-immolation in UP

Sharat Pradhan in Lucknow

In the second such incident within a week, a man set himself afire after he complained of constant harassment by the Uttar Pradesh police.

The incident took place at Moti Nagar, close to the Naka Hindola police station in Lucknow.

Jairam, who received 70 per cent burns, was allegedly harassed by the police after his wife was indicted in a bicycle theft case. He has since been admitted to hospital in a critical condition.

Jairam works as a waiter in a hotel in Hazratganj, Lucknow

Only a week earlier, 26 year old Mandeep Pal Singh Sodhi set himself ablaze in front of the state assembly in Lucknow after his brothers, Yashpal and Atinder, were arrested by the police, reportedly on false charges.

His mother had then stated that Sodhi committed suicide in order to draw the attention of the state administration to their plight, and that he chose the extreme method since their pleas were being constantly ignored.

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