<p>Overpowered by emotions, an elderly man jumped into the burning pyre of his wife and was instantly charred to death in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Tuesday at Sialjodi village in Golamunda block of the district.</p>.<p>Nilamani Sabar (65) suddenly jumped into the funeral pyre of wife Raibari (60), after his four sons and relatives had gone to take a bath in a nearby waterbody as per tradition, a police officer said.</p>.<p>Sabar, who was a former samiti member of his gram panchayat, died on the spot, he said.</p>.<p>“We have registered a case of unnatural death based on the statement of the family members and villagers present at the spot,” Inspector-in-Charge of Kegaon Police Station Damu Paraja said.</p>.<p>“Prima facie it appears that the man took the step due to extreme grief. Further investigation is underway,” he added. </p>
<p>Overpowered by emotions, an elderly man jumped into the burning pyre of his wife and was instantly charred to death in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Tuesday at Sialjodi village in Golamunda block of the district.</p>.<p>Nilamani Sabar (65) suddenly jumped into the funeral pyre of wife Raibari (60), after his four sons and relatives had gone to take a bath in a nearby waterbody as per tradition, a police officer said.</p>.<p>Sabar, who was a former samiti member of his gram panchayat, died on the spot, he said.</p>.<p>“We have registered a case of unnatural death based on the statement of the family members and villagers present at the spot,” Inspector-in-Charge of Kegaon Police Station Damu Paraja said.</p>.<p>“Prima facie it appears that the man took the step due to extreme grief. Further investigation is underway,” he added. </p>