( CNN ) -- The Tibetan protester who set himself alight in the Indian capital ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao 's visit this week has died . The 27-year-old man was admitted to hospital in New Delhi Monday with 90 % burns to his body , but doctors could not save him and he died on Wednesday , said L.K . Makhija , the head of the burns ward at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital . Dramatic pictures showed the man , named by the London-based Free Tibet group as Jampa Yeshi , running along the street in flames as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Indian parliament to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet . Many ethnic Tibetans fled Tibet for India with the Dalai Lama in 1959 after a failed uprising . President Hu was due to arrive in India for Thursday 's BRICS summit of emerging economic powers , which includes India , China , Brazil , Russia and South Africa . Self-immolation is a common form of protest for Tibetans who want genuine autonomy from China and accuse Beijing of repression . Reports : Tibetans take their lives in protest of Chinese rule . More than 30 of them took place in the last year in China , Tibetan advocacy groups say . They follow an increase in security measures by the Chinese authorities in response to unrest among Tibetans in western areas of China in recent months . Some in Tibet have advocated independence from China . But the Dalai Lama , the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader , and others have said they favor genuine autonomy and resent the slow erosion of their culture amid an influx of Han Chinese , the most numerous ethnic group in China . Activists say the disturbing acts of self-immolation reflect an increasingly repressive environment under China 's control . Beijing rejects accusations of oppression of Tibetans , saying that under its rule , living standards have greatly improved for the Tibetan people . Chinese officials have described the self-immolations as `` extreme '' acts . CNN 's Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report .
27-year-old man was admitted to hospital in Tibet with 90 % burns to his body . Protest against India 's rule in China took places as President Makhija was set to visit India . Dramatic pictures showed the man running along the street in flames . Tibetan officials have described self-immolations as `` extreme '' acts .