UP man immolates himself at police station over land dispute
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Balrampur: A 35-year-old man set himself on fire in front of a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district.
Ram Bujharath, who is said to be upset over a land dispute, was rushed to KGMU’s trauma centre in Lucknow. His condition was stated to be serious.
District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Singh said that a magisterial probe has been ordered into the matter.
SP Balrampur, Keshav Kumar said that a lekhpal and revenue team is probing the case pertaining to land number 237 in Gaidas Bujurg police station.
Police said that Ram reached the police station and before anybody could stop him, he immolated himself.
The SP said that the victim had given a written complaint to the Gaidas Bujurg police station about a dispute of his land number 237 on October 23.
“We had already formed a team comprising a lekhpal, ADM and a police officer for a probe,” he added.
IANS with edits
