Man sets himself afire condemning death penalty for 3 convicts

Chennai, Aug 30 (PTI) A 43-year-old man has suffered
burns after he set himself ablaze here allegedly condemning
the death sentence awarded to three convicts in the Rajiv
Gandhi assassination case, police said.
Selvam, a resident of West Saidapet here, has been
admitted to hospital with 40 per cent burns on Monday, police
said.
On Sunday, a 22-year-old woman, Sengodi of Kancheepuram,
succumbed to her injuries after she set herself on fire
condemning the death sentence awarded to Murugan, Santhan and
Perarivalan convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had said in the state
Assembly on Monday that she had no power to alter the
Presidential order rejecting the clemency plea of the three
convicts and called upon the youth "not to act upon impulse."