In a shocking incident, a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) worker, Raguveer Sharan, immolated himself in Jaipur's Vaishali Nagar area. Raguveer died away today in Delhi.

Sharan (45) was saddened by the state of affairs in the country during the SC/ST agitation. The issue of caste-based reservation and caste violence caused him to take the extreme step.

Sharan set himself on fire and ran for about 100 metres in Jaipur's Vaishali Nagar area shouting 'Bharat Mata ki jai'. There was panic in the area seeing a man on fire running. Several people tried to douse the fire by pouring water over him.

Sharan was a dealer of medicines. He was taken to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital from where he was transferred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

He had 80 per cent burns on his body and died in Delhi.

Sharan is believed to have been disturbed by the issue of caste-based reservation and the recent agitation over the change in SC/ST Act. However, the police said that Sharan was upset due to some domestic issues as well.

Before dying, Sharan is believed to have written three letters in which he mentioned that all of us, children of Bharat Mata, should live amicably and should not give in to the conspiracy of powers which want to break the nation.

The RSS, in a statement, mentioned, "Sharan had been disturbed by caste violence and anarchy spreading in the country. Being deeply sensitive towards the society, he could not see the society and the nation breaking in this manner. (He) was extremely disturbed by rumour of Bharat Bandh on April 10 as well."