A 27-year-old man who had attempted suicide in front of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's residence here last month succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital, police said on Wednesday.
Hardev Sinha, a resident of Telinsatti village in Dhamtari district, had poured petrol and set himself on fire in the Civil Lines police station area on June 29.
Sinha, who had sustained 50 percent burns, died at Kalda Hospital on Tuesday night, Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Tarkeshwar Patel said.
He was first admitted to the Dr B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Hospital and later shifted to Kalda Hospital.
According to a statement the state government released at that time, Sinha's relatives had said that he had been mentally unstable for some two years.
The deceased owned two acres of land in his village and also possessed a job card under the Employment Guarantee scheme, the statement had said.
The government had ordered a magisterial probe into the incident and the Chief Minister had spoken to Sinha's wife over telephone and promised necessary assistance to the family.
Meanwhile, criticizing the ruling Congress for Sinha's death, former Chief Minister and BJP national Vice President Raman Singh tweeted that misrule, mismanagement and poor policies of the government had murdered a youth of the state.
Tagging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the tweet, Singh asked who was accountable for Sinha's death.