Ambur:A 27-year old man set himself on fire here on Sunday after police allegedly detained his two-wheeler for violating lockdown curbs and he has been hospitalised, police said.
When the man, later identified as Mugilan, came to a key intersection of the town on his motorcycle, police personnel questioned him at a checkpost for flouting curbs by roaming around.
Later, they detained his vehicle, as is the norm for lockdown violations and said it would be handed over to him later.
The man, a worker with a private factory, had however opposed it and urged police personnel to give it back and later left the spot.
After a brief while, he returned and again demanded the policemen to return his vehicle to him.
"He was under the influence of alcohol and though we assured him that we will give his vehicle back tomorrow, he all of a sudden set himself ablaze," an official with the Ambur town police said.
The youth, who sustained burn injuries was immediately rushed to the Ambur General Hospital and was later admitted at the Christian Medical College Hospital at nearby Vellore for special treatment, he said.