Shocking – Politician’s Beware of Public Exposure, Stay Away Huggers

It’s People’s Forum 2014 in Sultanpur, Northern India and five local politicians were taking a Q & A session when according to local photographer Pankaj Kumar Gupta “This man suddenly came on the stage, poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire before tightly hugging one of the political guests.”

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.

Looking closely at the picture what on earth is that stuff coming out of the bucket, can it be water, must be highly polluted. Might be a case of “the cure is worse than the complaint.”

A man, named by police as Durgesh Kumar Singh, emerged from a crowd of about 150 onlookers, doused himself in petrol and then grabbed the local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kamruzzama Fauji.

Mr Singh sustained burns to 95 per cent of his body, and local media is reporting he has died in hospital.

Doctors say Mr Fauji is in critical condition with burns to 75 per cent of his body.