Photos: Mum Claims Badly Burned Baby Spontaneously Combusted

A mum has claimed her badly burnt six-day-old baby
spontaneously combusted after rushing him into a hospital for treatment last
week. Doctors are running tests on the injured tot – who has been receiving
round-the-clock treatment.

The woman who gave her name as K Rajeswari, said the boy’s
body caught fire on Thursday after his feet suddenly caught fire.

He is the second of her children as she had earlier brought
a baby boy in for treatment for burns at the same hospital 18 months ago, when
she claimed the baby suddenly burst into flames.

In August, 2013, Mrs Rajeswari brought her then
three-month-old son Rahul in for treatment claiming he had burst into flames
for the fourth time.

Baffled medical professionals at the time took part in a
thorough study and analysed his sweat, blood, urine and genes.

Although they found no actual cause for the fires, there was
no evidence to support his mum and dad’s theory.

Following the 2013 case, Dr Jagan Mohan, head of burns at
the Kilpauk hospital, said: “I still stand by what I said that there is no
such thing as spontaneous human combustion.”

Rahul’s parents claim they were forced to leave their home because villagers repeatedly accused them of setting the child on fire and now this one.