A couple allegedly committed suicide by decapitating themselves using a guillotine-like device at their farm, to offer their heads for a sacrificial ritual in Gujarat’s Rajkot district.
According to police, Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, ‘severed’ their heads with a ‘guillotine-like mechanism’ into a ‘fire altar’ for a ritual sacrifice in Vinchhiya, Gujarat, India, yesterday.
The Gujarat couple had reportedly created the device at home so that they could offer their heads for a sacrificial ritual.
Vinchhiya Police sub-inspector Indrajeetsinh Jadeja said the ‘ritual’ was carried out between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon April 16, and the couple left a note for their two children, parents, and relatives who live nearby.
‘The couple executed the plan in such a manner that their heads rolled into the fire altar after getting severed,’ Jadeja said.
Mr. Jadeja said the note urged their relatives to take care of their children and parents.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination, and a case of accidental death has been registered.
The couple’s family members said the pair had been offering prayers in their home every day since last year.
