Debt-ridden youth immolates

Ujjain, Dec 30 (UNI) A 35-year-old youth Bhagirath Prasad, frustrated over pressure to repay loan taken from few persons, attempted to immolate himself in the Mahakaleshwar temple area here last night and he was admitted to the district hospital with serious burns.

Police said the youth eked out a living selling flowers. He doused himself with petrol and set himself on fire around 2100 hours last night, police said.

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