BADIN / HYDERABAD, May 1: A jobless man tried to commit self-immolation on Badin’s Shah Latif Road on Tuesday.

The onlookers rushed and did manage to save his life but not before he had sustained serious burn injuries.

Abdul Razzaq Ansari, the only breadwinner of his family of seven, lost his job in a sugar mill a few months ago. Since then he has been trying to get another job but in vain.

Recently, he sought the help of the taluka chief of PPP, Dr Aziz Memon. However, Mr Ansari allegedly did not get a positive response from Dr Memon, driving him to despair.

A resident of Ward No 4, Badin, 30-year-old Ansari also tried to get his outstanding salary of four months from the sugar mill, but to no avail.

At about 1pm on Tuesday, he along with his three minor children reached Shah Latif Road and set himself on fire after sprinkling kerosene on his body. A small group of policemen were present nearby but they didn’t try to stop him.

Mr Ansari was taken to the Civil Hospital, Badin, in a critical condition.

Later, he was shifted to Hyderabad where doctors said the victim had received 25 per cent burn injuries, and that his condition was stable.

Dr Tahir Ahmed, head of burns ward at the Hyderabad civil hospital, told Dawn that an injury near the neck of the victim was serious and deep.

“It will require surgical intervention, but the rest of the body is relatively less-affected in terms of the severity of wounds and will heal naturally. The wound around the neck falls in category 2B,” he said.

After receiving the news of his son’s attempt to commit suicide, Mr Ansari’s father suffered a heart attack and had to be admitted to the Civil Hospital, Badin. The speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, has directed the authorities concerned to take care of Mr Ansari.