Three women and two men from same desperate family set fire to themselves because they thought their house was about to be demolished

It is horrifying i must say the extent this family went just to make a protest, a family of five set themselves alight in a desperate final protest against the demolition of their home,bharat Mansingh, 40, died in hospital after self-immolating in the centre of a local authority compound in the city of Rajkot in north west India today.

Three of his females relatives, Rekha, Asha, Vasumati and one male relative Girish Mansingh have all been taken to hospital with severe burns, The family, who had been living in their house for several years, believed that it has been condemned as an unauthorised structure.

The co-operative later denied they planned to evict the family and said they had no plans to demolish the house,the news has quickly become a political issue in India with the opposition party accusing the Rajkot Municipal Corporation of having harassed the family.

There were calls for a bandh, or general strike, to protest their treatment across Rajkot on Thursday.