Upset over financial constraints, a man died by suicide by setting himself ablaze, at Gandipet in Narsingi on the city’s outskirts on Thursday.
As per available information, Mallikarjun (35) doused himself with petrol and lit the match.
Hearing his cries, locals rushed to his rescue and shifted him to a nearby hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment.
The Narsingi police are investigating.