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The wife of Mansing and his children started residing at Deepak Society, situated near the Gandhigram Kanaiyachowk. Since the house situated in Deepak Society required some immediate repairs, the children of late Mansing started putting up construction of one additional room besides the old room situated on the common plot of the Society. This triggered the controversy between the members of the Society and the family members of late Mansing. The members of the Society opposed the construction of the room on the common plot of the Society adjacent to the old room, in which at one point of time Mansing used to stay with his family. The issue reached right upto the Rajkot Municipal Corporation. The Corporation also issued notice to the son of late Mansing, namely Bharatbhai Mansing Nepali, under Section 260(1) of the BPMC Act, regarding the illegal construction. It appears that a Civil Suit was also filed by one of the deceased persons, namely Girishsing Nepali, challenging the order - notice issued by the Corporation under Section 260(2) of the BPMC Act.

My son Mansing came to Rajkot about thirty five years ago, at that time the Chhotunagar Society Chairman had engaged Manisg as part time peon for doing the office work of the society. And the Society Chairman had given a room on the common plot to Mansing for living without any rent. Thus, Mansing and his wife Vasumati were living in it, and the children of Mansing were also living with them. Later on Mansing had called me so I had also come from the native and live with Mansing. At night Mansing worked as watchman in the society and in the surrounding areas. Thus, the society people paid him compensation and since past about five years Bharat and his wife and his children had gone to live in Deepak Society near Gandhigram Kanaiyachowk, and they were living there. Bharat was always frequenting Chhotunagar Society Common Plot and major part of our family management was done by Bharat and Girish.

Almost about one year ago Bharat and Girish decided to undertake some repairing work of our said room as it was in a dilapidated condition and to make a room with tinned roof sheets. After taking such decision, besides our old room on the common plot in the society, the work of new room was started. Thus, the society persons had opposed the same and asked not to construct the room. Also about four years ago when my first son Mansing had expired then the society people were asking to vacate the plot and leave, therefore there was dispute started in this regard, wherein on the plot new room construction work was started Thus, the dispute with the society had become more agitated and false representations were made against us in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation and by reason of giving such applications to the Corporation, electricity and water connections to the room in which we are living, which we were enjoying since years, were disconnected. Also, in the common plot in the society with a view that there should be difficulties caused to us in ingress therefore they have put debris and earth heaps unloaded tractor full, in this manner they had started to cause us harassment, thus, my son Bharat and Girish had made representation before the Municipal Commissioner, but on behalf of the Corporation also there was notice issued for halting the construction of the room and for demolishing, and the society people were also pressurizing us to vacate the plot and leave, thus both my sons had filed the suit in the court, in spite of this Chhotunagar Society had continued to harass us for vacating the plot, and they had made false representations before the Corporation and taken action for halting the construction and demolishing it, in this regard there were notices issued to us, in this manner the society people were causing harassment, thus our family members had become fed up.

Thus, we had taken the decision of self immolation, and on 3/4/2013 in the afternoon at about eleven o' clock Bharat had talked to some one on the telephone from Chhotunagar Society common plot, and thereafter he had said that we have to go to the Corporation, saying this my son Bharat and Girish and myself and Bharat's wife Asha and Girish's wife Gauri Mahendra's wife Rekha and Mansingh's wife Vasumati, in this manner seven members of our family had walked from the Chhotunagar Socity Common plot and went to the Raiya Road, from there we had hired a rickshaw and went to the back door of Corporation, at that place we got down from the rickshaw and from the back gate went near the office of the Municipal Commissioner, and there in the afternoon at about twelve o'clock we had reached the lobby of the Municipal Commissioner and Bharat and Girish were carrying school bags with them in which they had kept kerosene box, these plastic cans were taken out from the bag and sprinkled kerosene and thereafter Bharat had lighted the match and touched to his bush shirt, thus, bush shirt caught fire and his wife Asha had tried to cool the fire using her saree, her saree was also doused with kerosene thus it also burnt, and Gauri had tried to cool using her dupatta, so the dupatta caught fire and she had thrown her dupatta and ran, I was standing at a distance, my family members were burning, I had gone far from there, and Bharat and Girish and Asha and Rekha and Vasumati had got burnt, and they had started to shout and run, I had also started to shout for help, within a few minutes untoward incident had taken place, police and fire-brigade came, mobs of people had gathered, Bharat and Girish and Asha and Rekha and Vasmati were taken in Ambulance to the hospital and myself and Gauriben were taken by the police near the fire brigade and water was sprayed on us and bathed us, thereafter they had taken us to one office there and from there we were taken to the police station, Gauri had lodged the complaint. Chhotunagr Society inhabitants Dushyant and Hareshbhai Society people were harassing for vacating the plot, I do not know the BJB Corporator Rajbha Jhala and Kamleshbhai Mirani. They have never come on our common plot in my presence.