AIDS patient commits self-immolation in Bihar

July 2, 2009

Bombay News.Net. Thursday 2nd July, 2009 (IANS)

A man in Bihar's Gaya district, diagnosed with AIDS, committed self-immolation

to get rid of daily pain and suffering, police said Thursday.

Satyendra Malakar, 35, a resident of Barora village, 100 km from here, committed

suicide late Wednesday night.

Malakar's family members told police that he was depressed for the past few

days. He was suffering from high fever, cough and weakness and had become so

weak that he could not walk properly.

'Malakar was depressed after being diagnosed with AIDS. He committed suicide by

setting himself ablaze at his residence,' Guraru police station chief Shiv

Shankar Prasad Verma told IANS by phone.

Verma said that Malakar's wife Munni Devi, in her late 20s, and her three

children were also diagnosed as being HIV positive.

'Malakar's entire family was victim of HIV positive and was fighting for

survival,' Verma said.

All four were being treated at a government hospital, he added. Malakar had

migrated to Gujarat in search of livelihood a decade ago.

'He was infected with HIV during his stay in Gujarat,' Verma said.

A few months ago, he had consulted doctors at Patna Medical College and Hospital

and was told that he had very few days left to live.

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