Gorakhpur: A 22 years old man succumbed to burns after battling for life for several hours at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur on Friday evening.
The deceased Rakesh Chaurasia, son of Manik Chand, of Makrandpur village in Badhalganj police station area of Gorakhpur district was preparing for Army and police jobs and was about to get married soon.
The uncle of the deceased filed a complaint alleging some unidentified assailants immolated Rakesh by throwing oil on him while he was asleep on Thursday night and putting him on fire, following which police registered an FIR on Saturday.
As per reports, Rakesh was sleeping in verandah while his uncle and his son were asleep on another bed. At around 1am on Thursday night, some unidentified assailants came and poured oil on Rakesh when he was asleep and lit a match stick.
Rakesh was preparing for recruitment in Indian Army or police service and his marriage was scheduled on April 21 while the Tilak ceremony was on April 16.
Rakesh’s elder brother Nitesh is in BSF.
ASP South Arun Kumar Singh said, “A case has been registered against unidentified people. We have started a probe and are awaiting the postmortem and forensic reports. The case would be solved but, prima facie, statements of family members seem suspicious.”
“They claim Rakesh was asleep when assailants poured oil on him and lit fire, but the burns on body are on all sides which is not possible if he was asleep,” he added.