 Subsequently, 6 more Tamils committed self-immolation in various parts of the globe including India, Malaysia and Switzerland.On 29 January 2009, Muthukumar doused himself with several liters of petrol, and set himself on fire opposite the state Congress headquarters in Shastri Bhavan, Chennai.Just before his death, he flung several copies of his eight-page note in which he protested the Indian government's war in Sri Lanka against the Tamils.