23 year old man sets himself ablaze, dies in Mysuru district

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: A 23-year-old man succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, a day after he set himself ablaze allegedly with petrol, police said.

In a video, Kiran Kumar who belonged to Nagarle village in Nanjangud taluk in this district, alleged that he was tortured in police custody.

Police refuted the allegations and said the man was called to Biligere police station here in connection with his alleged involvement in a case of rioting and that while the enquiry was underway, he managed to escape from the back door on the pretext of attending nature's call.

Later, he went to his village to meet his girlfriend but her parents did not open the door even as he kept knocking on it.

When the girl's parents refused to open the door, he threatened them saying he would end his life.