By the time the family reached the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), more than 24 hours had passed. The victim's family also say that they had to arrange for an ambulance from their own money which took time.
As per reports, casteist slurs were hurled towards Mukesh after which he was set on fire. A video of him being set on fire has gone viral on social media where one can hear casteist abuses being thrown at him before he was set ablaze.
On Saturday, a 27-year-old Navy sailor named Suraj Kumar Dubey succumbed to his injuries after being abducted and set ablaze in Palghar town of Maharashtra.