Korba:
A 28-year-old married woman cut off her tongue and ‘offered' it to Lord Shiva in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday morning at the Shiva temple in Nunera village under Pali development block, located around 60 km away from Korba district headquarters, a local police official said. “Seema Bai Gond, wife of Firtu Ram Gond, chopped off her tongue with a knife in front of the Shivalinga after offering prayers,” he said. Gond was rushed to a local hospital after villagers spotted her bleeding in the temple, the official said, adding that the condition of the woman is stable now. According to preliminary investigation, the woman sacrificed her tongue over some wish made by her, he said. “However, the exact reason behind the act is yet to be ascertained,” the official added.
Woman sacrifices her tongue at Shiva temple in Chhattisgarh
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