CPM leader who immolated himself dies, community demands judicial probe

Rameshchandra Prajapat, a tailor, sustained nearly 90 per cent burns and was being treated at M Y Hospital.

A bag carrying anti-CAA pamphlets was found lying near him which has led many to speculate that the septuagenarian immolated himself to register his protest against the new citizenship law.

While CPM leaders claimed Prajapat was disturbed by the new law and the countrywide protests and could have taken the extreme step due to that, his son Deepak Prajapat, 30, however, insisted that his father’s action had nothing to do with CAA. Other family members and the Prajapat community demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.

Shrivas said the man did not leave any note, adding that CCTV footage showed he did not raise any slogans and was alone when the incident happened.