A television debate in India ended in horror when a spectator set himself alight before embracing a politician, leaving both men fighting for their lives.
The man, named by police as Durgesh Kumar Singh, emerged from a crowd of about 150 onlookers, doused himself in petrol then grabbed the local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kamruzzama Fauji.
A local photographer,Pankaj Kumar Gupta whose photos show the men engulfed in flames with spectators fleeing the scene,told AFP
It seems fire is the new protest tool these days...
This man suddenly came on the stage, poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire before tightly hugging one of the political guests.People were just too shocked to know what was happening,Two other local politicians taking part in the show, Ram Kumar Singh and Chowdhary Hriday Ram Verma, sustained minor burns while trying to save the pair.
'The injured were first admitted to the district hospital here (in Sultanpur) and were then referred to Lucknow.Singh sustained burns on 95 per cent of his body which doctors say are likely to be fatal, while Fauji was in critical condition with 75 per cent burns,
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