A man who attempted immolate himself inside a police station here on Monday succumbed to his burn injuries at the hospital today.
Police said Prabhakar Nayak (40), alias Jhabu of Basanti Colony here set himself on fire and ran into the Uditnagar police station after failing to meet its inspector in-charge.
Though police personnel immediately rushed him to the hospital, doctors assessed that he had susptained over 80 per cent burns and died today, police said.
Sub-divisional police officer, Uditnagar, R K Panigrahi said the man had some altercation with a woman of his locality over money and she had lodged a complaint on January 24.
Panigrahi said the enmity between the two began in 2013 when Jahbu had attacked the woman and stabbed her for which he was sent to jail and had come out recently.
The man set fire to himself out of frustration and anger when he could not meet the inspector in-charge, he added.
