Three women and two men from same desperate family set fire to themselves because they thought their house was about to be demolished



Bharat Mansingh, 40, died in hospital after self-immolating in Rajkot

Rekha, Asha, Vasumati and Girish Mansingh are all seriously injured

Family believed that their home would be demolished



Chotu Nagar Cooperative Housing Society denied plan to evict them

A family of five set themselves alight in a desperate final protest against the demolition of their home.



Bharat Mansingh, 40, died in hospital after self-immolating in the centre of a local authority compound in the city of Rajkot in north west India today.



Three of his females relatives, Rekha, Asha, Vasumati and one male relative Girish Mansingh have all been taken to hospital with severe burns.

Desperation: Rescue workers put out the flames after five people from the same family set fire to themselves outside a council office in Rajkot Treatment: All five people were taken to hospital where one later died. The family is originally from Nepal graphic Two are said to be in a critical condition.

It is believed the horrendous act stems from a long-running dispute between families living on a common plot in the Chotu Nagar areas of the city. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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Next Four Indian sisters suffer horrific burns after two men on a... 'He is a great guy - wish to marry him?' Multi-millionaire,... Share this article Share The Mansingh family, who are understood to be Nepalese immigrants, believed the Rajkot Municipal Corporation was going to demolish their home and came to discuss the situation with the civic body today.

When they failed to get satisfactory answers they doused themselves in kerosene and set themselves alight as helpless passers-by looked on.

Emergency services managed to douse the flames and all five were taken to Rajkot Civil Hospital where 40-year-old Bharat Mansingh later died. Police Commissioner H P Singh told Press Trust India that the family were in a dispute with the Chotu Nagar Cooperative Housing Society, who they believed was planning to evict them.

‘Bharat Mansingh died while undergoing treatment while the other four have sustained severe burns,’ Commissioner Singh said. Intervention: Two of the Mansinghs are doused in water to stop their suicide Helpless: A crowd watched helpless as the Mansingh family poured kerosene over their bodies and set themselves alight

The family, who had been living in their house for several years, believed that it has been condemned as an unauthorised structure.



The co-operative later denied they planned to evict the family and said they had no plans to demolish the house.



The news has quickly become a political issue in India with the opposition party accusing the Rajkot Municipal Corporation of having harassed the family.