"Please allow me euthanasia," says 27-year-old Mithil Sampat lying on a hospital bed in Stockholm. The practising lawyer, who was on a Scandinavian trip with his parents to celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary, is living his worst nightmare at Karolinska University Hospital after he met with an accident on June 21 while sightseeing. What is worse is that the travel company through which they booked the tour is reluctant to help them at this difficult hour.

Mithil along with his parents — Vinod Sampat and Hina Sampat — went on the trip on June 18, and it was to continue till July 4. The lawyer parents were to celebrate their wedding anniversary on June 21.