Vijay Das, a seer who had immolated himself during a demonstration against illegal stone mining in the hills near Deeg in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, succumbed to his burn injuries at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi early on July 23. He was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition with 80% burns on Thursday.
Mr. Das was initially rushed to Jaipur for treatment on Wednesday but shifted to the hospital in New Delhi the next day. After the postmortem examination, the body will be taken to Barsana in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district for cremation.
