Indian news crew gives man matches and diesel fuel to help him commit suicide

[Queasy]

WTF?

KOLKATA, India - A group of Indian television journalists gave a man matches and diesel to help him commit suicide in order to get dramatic footage which was later broadcast on the news, police said on Thursday.

The man died from severe burns to his body in hospital in Gaya town in the eastern state of Bihar on Aug. 15, India's Independence Day.

Footage of the man, screaming and writhing in pain as he ran with his back on fire, was aired on several television channels. Police identified the man as Manoj Mishra.

"We have seized footage clearly showing a group of journalists handing over matches and some inflammable substance -- which we later verified to be diesel -- to the victim," acting Gaya police chief P.K. Sinha told Reuters by telephone.

Mishra, who worked as a delivery man, was upset over what he said was a large sum of money owed to him by a state-run dairy farm whose milk he transported to customers, police said.

"We have prepared charges for abetment against the journalists. There were five to six of them who were conspirators in this suicide attempt which is a criminal offence," Sinha said, adding that arrests were expected shortly.

No help offered, police say
The TV crews left the scene without aiding Mishra who suffered burns to over 70 percent of his body, Sinha said.

Indian law says a person can be sentenced to up to 10 years imprisonment for aiding a suicide.

There has been an explosion of private TV news channels in recent years in India, each competing aggressively for exclusive stories and dramatic footage.

These channels often show graphic footage of victims of bomb blasts and other violence as well as partly blurred pictures of sex acts while exposing scandals as part of sting operations.

They also have shown marital spats between husbands and wives or between wives and their husbands' mistresses.

 

[maximus maximus]

:disgust: Man.. that is so wrong..
WTF is wrong with these people..

<--Indian.

 

[DaWhim]

darwin award?

 

[Modular]

*Calls from the deck of the gene pool*

"More chlorine please!"

 

[Cristatus]

I want to know what channel aired it.

 

[tvbi]

video?

 

[maximus maximus]

Originally posted by: logic1485
I want to know what channel aired it.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: logic1485
I want to know what channel aired it.

Might be on YouTube by now

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: tvbi
video?

you should be banned

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tvbi
video?

you should be banned

I would think the Iraqi beheading videos are just as bad/graphic and hard to watch as this is..

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tvbi
video?

you should be banned

I would think the Iraqi beheading videos are just as bad/graphic and hard to watch as this is..

the guy was asking for video of a guy trying to kill himself. wtf is wrong with you people?

 

[Wapp]

I just want to see videos of the marital spats and sex stings.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tvbi
video?

you should be banned

I would think the Iraqi beheading videos are just as bad/graphic and hard to watch as this is..

the guy was asking for video of a guy trying to kill himself. wtf is wrong with you people?

Video?

Ok, ok... :camera:?

 

[Kyanzes]

They took advantage of a man in a miserable psychic condition in a disgusting way. Besides euthanasia is not legal there (as it turned out from the article anyway). I would call it a simple murder. They should have informed the authorities and tried to stop the men from committing that insane act. I despise people like them, it's just not civilized what they have done. And the worst part is that they actually had a motive to help him as they wanted to film him doing it. I'm sure it counts as an aggravating circumstance. The motive wasn't even to grant a merciful death, not that I agree with such conduct anyway.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
They took advantage of a man in a miserable psychic condition in a disgusting way. Besides euthanasia is not legal there (as it turned out from the article anyway). I would call it a simple murder. They should have informed the authorities and tried to stop the men from committing that insane act. I despise people like them, it's just not civilized what they have done. And the worst part is that they actually had a motive to help him as they wanted to film him doing it. I'm sure it counts as an aggravating circumstance. The motive wasn't even to grant a merciful death, not that I agree with such conduct anyway.

Journalists (and, for that matter, lawyers) elsewhere in the world aren't much better.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
... a miserable psychic condition

Is that like when the future sucks or something?

 

[junkerman123]

I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

 

[junkerman123]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

Let's fvck

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

Let's fvck

Woah... Slow down. Pics first?

 

[Garet Jax]

I thought America was the only place whose journalists were so messed up. I'm not happy that this problem is elsewhere in the world though.

 

[confused1234]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

Let's fvck

Woah... Slow down. Pics first?

BAN

 

[junkerman123]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

Let's fvck

Woah... Slow down. Pics first?

No more trust in the world

 

[Braznor]

Indian journalists are not fit to write on toilet paper.

Stupid fvcks, the whole lot of them. :|

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: junkerman123
I want to see a video of a guy asking for a video of a guy trying to kill himself.

I want to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy asking to see a video of a guy trying to kill himself. Will you be my valentine?

Let's fvck

Woah... Slow down. Pics first?

:laugh:

LMAO!