Agra, April 19 -- A Dalit youth set himself on fire in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh after he was allegedly assaulted by a local farmer who used casteist slurs against him in public on Friday, April 17.

The victim, 22-year-old Himanshu Kaur, was captured on CCTV cameras pouring petrol on himself before setting himself ablaze. The incident occurred in Gangdhari village under Khatauli police station at around 9 pm.

The CCTV footage has since surfaced online. Immediately after the flames engulfed Kaur, bystanders, surprised by the intensity, rushed to save him and managed to control the blaze. They took him to a local hospital, where doctors referred him to a better medical centre in Delhi. He is currently undergoing treatmen...