A pair, who threatened self-immolation protesting the demolition drive being carried out by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), was rescued by the personnel of the Bengaluru police and Hearth and Emergency Service Wednesday.
The incident involving Sona Singh and Sunil Singh was reported from Gayatri Format within the Ok R Puram space of the town, in keeping with officers.
The 2 doused themselves with petrol and threatened to immolate, sustaining that they’d paperwork to show that their home was not constructed illegally over a stormwater drain. The three-storey constructing owned by the couple was up for demolition.
Hearth and Emergency personnel had been alerted by officers who arrived on the spot. Movies of the incident confirmed rescue personnel pouring water over the 2 as the girl readied to gentle a match and set themselves on fireplace.
Previous to the rescue, the couple advised officers they might not enable the home to be demolished as they’d taken a Rs 40 lakh mortgage for its building. They’d additionally insisted that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrive on the spot and tackle the injustice meted out to them.