Thiruvananthapuram: Ambili, wife of Rajan who died from accidental fire while making suicide threats before officials who came to evict the family from their house, also succumbed to burn injuries here on Monday evening. Ambili was admitted at the medical college hospital here after being critically injured in the fire.

The heart-breaking incident took place on December 22. Rajan (47) and Ambili (40) who were residing near Nettathottam colony in Pongil here, attempted to set themselves on fire when the Lawyer’s Commission and police tried to evict them from their house as part of a court order.

Rajan held Ambili close to him and poured petrol on themselves. He raised suicide threat when the authorities came to evict them. Meanwhile, the police tried to shove off the lighter from his hand but the fire spread all over. Grade SI Anilkumar also sustained slight burns in the accident.

Rajan who suffered over 70 percent burns died at around 12 am on Monday.

The relatives have demanded to cremate Rajan’s body at the same house where they were facing eviction.

Rajan’s revelation that he didn’t deliberately set fire and that fire spread when the policeman tried to snatch it away from them, had made big headlines the other day.

The sons of Rajan and Ambili had come down heavily against police on social media.

Rajan’s son Ranjith, a Plus Two student, had said that the police came when the family was having food and asked them to leave immediately though they asked for 30 minutes’ time.

The family’s neighbour Vasantha had approached Neyyattinkara Principal Munsiff court in January stating Rajan encroached her land. The court had then ordered that no construction should be done on the encroached land.

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