Woman sacrifices tongue at Kashi Vishwanath temple

Varanasi, May 27 (UNI) In a shocking incident, a woman, unable to find her missing husband, allegedly cut her tongue at the world famous Kashi Vishwanath temple here today.

Shaila Bai (50), a native of Faridnagar (Chattisgarh) cut her tongue with a blade inside the revered shrine as an alleged sacrifice to Lord Shiv after being unable to find her husband Nandu Singh missing since yesterday, while they were bathing in Ganga river here.

The woman was rushed to the district hospital. However, now she is under police custody.

Meanwhile, Additional Police Superintendent (Gyanwapi Security) Jugal Kishore Tiwari claimed the woman was not in a stable mental state and her tongue came between both the jaws accidentally, after she fell inside the temple.

The incident at the highly sensitive Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanwapi complex is being considered a major security breach, as extra security checks have been put in place, following the blasts at Hyderabad and Gorakhpur.

UNI