Overview
- The case concerns 55-year-old irrigation helper Puran Chand of RS Pura, who was found burning near Ring Road at Prithvipur on November 10 and died later at GMC Jammu.
- An FIR numbered 109/2025 was registered at Miran Sahib, with a Forensic Science Laboratory team inspecting the scene and officers collecting CCTV and viral video evidence.
- CCTV footage reviewed by police shows the victim stopping at RG Filling Station in Thikrian to fill petrol in a plastic container before heading toward the area where he was found.
- SSP Joginder Singh said circumstantial, technical and witness evidence so far indicates self-immolation following alleged mental harassment that included withheld salary.
- Three Irrigation Department employees — Surjeet Kumar and Ram Murti (both in-charge ziladars) and Girdhari Lal (amin) — were arrested as the investigation continues, even as the victim had earlier claimed he was set ablaze by three men.