Nilanjana Roy @nilanjanaroy  #BRICS S Delhi traffic chaos, jailed Tibetans: next time, just build a Potemkin village in Suraj Kund for Mr Jintao. With cheering peasants.

A Tibetan exile who set himself on fire in Delhi earlier this week has died, as Indian police and paramilitaries launch a security crackdown to prevent further protests or self-immolations during the visit of the Chinese premier, Hu Jintao.

Jamphel Yeshi, 27, suffered 90% burns after dousing himself with petrol during a protest on Monday, and authorities fear that more Tibetans will follow suit to protest at Chinese policies in their homeland. About 30 Tibetans have died and another dozen have been seriously injured in the past 13 months in similar protests, mainly inside China.

Read the report on the Guardian by Jason Burke.