RAJKOT: A couple in Gujarat’s Rajkot allegedly sacrificed their lives as part of a ritual on Saturday night, police said. They allegedly died by suicide by decapitating themselves with a guillotine-like structure.
“The couple, identified as Hemubhai Makwana and Hansa Makwana in Vinchhiya village made a ‘Havan Kund’ for a year, and used to offer prayers there. Their decapitated heads were found in the Havan Kund. A blade and rope were found on the spot were found along with the bodies of the couple”, Gondal Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) KG Zala said.
The senior police officer said that Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team was called immediately and the bodies were sent for examination. “A suicide note was also found where there was written that they are committing suicide,” the cop added. He said that a probe into the matter is unde rway. (ANI)