In a shocking incident on Saturday, a youth, who is in his twenties has immolated himself at Sakur Basti railway station. The deceased, an unidentified Sikh youth, wearing a turban, squirmed for about 10 minutes after the act of immolation before eventually breathing his last on the spot. The incident took place at around 6pm on Saturday, after the youth had reportedly roamed around the railway track of Sakur Basti for more than an hour or so. After only a few seconds, he lit up a match stick and set himself on fire," informed an officer of GRP, Sarai Rohilla station. When contacted, Aslam Khan, DCP (Northwest) said that the incident took place on the railway track and therefore it was a case of the GRP.

Source: India Today December 04, 2017 00:40 UTC