Depressed by the death of a friend due to cancer, a 40-year-old man ended his life by jumping into the funeral pyre of his friend on the banks of the river Yamuna in Firozabad on Saturday.
According to Sirsaganj Circle Officer Praveen Tiwari, 42-year-old Ashok of the Nagla Khangar police station area was suffering from cancer and died on Saturday morning.
Tiwari said that Ashok’s last rites were held on the banks of the river Yamuna around 11 am and his friend Anand (40) was among those present. When people started leaving the cremation ground, Anand suddenly jumped into the funeral pyre and sustained over 90 per cent burns before he was rescued by the relatives of his friends.
They rushed him to the district hospital from where he was referred to Agra medical college hospital. However, Anand succumbed to his burns on the way to Agra.