Jilted lover tries to immolates himself

Kota, March 6: A man immolated himself here after the woman he was in love with spurned his marriage proposal.

Twentysix-year-old Dhirendra Sharma, who ran a cyber cafe, had reportedly developed a strong one-sided liking for a government school teacher.

The teacher, who has a child, is reported to be quite older to Sharma.

Sharma, who hailed from Keshavrai Patan in Bundi district, was running a cyber cafe at Gumanpura in Kota.

His family members strongly opposed his intentions to marry her.

On March 2, Sharma and his friend Yuvraj Singh asked her to come to the Chatra Vilas Park.

According to police and eye witnesses, after the teacher rejected his marriage proposal, he poured kerosene on himself and threatened to immolate himself.

When she left the area, notwithstanding his threats, a highly-agitated Sharma immolated himself.

His friend managed to douse the flames and took him to Kota's MB Hospital.

Sharma, suffering from 55 per cent burn injuries, was taken to Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Hospital where he passed away yesterday.

UNI