In a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus, a 24-year-old man in India, has allegedly cut off his own tongue as a sacrifice to a deity.
Vivek Sharma, a young man in India, who was reported to have become anxious about the spread of the killer disease, which has claimed more than 160,000 lives worldwide, did this on Saturday morning in Nadeshwari in Gujarat.
He had been employed as a stone cutter alongside eight others working at the Bhavani Mata temple in Suigam, according to one of his co-workers, he was an ardent devotee of Kali Mata.
On Saturday morning, he left Bhavani temple saying that he was going to the market, but did not return.
It was when his brother called him on his phone, a stranger answered and told him what had happened.
According to police reports, Vivek did it thinking that by sacrificing the tongue he would please the god to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Police were called by a priest, and arrived to find him unconscious. Vivek was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors are trying to reattach his tongue.
