Couple decapitate themselves at the same time using home-made guillotine in India
Couple behead themselves simultaneously using homemade guillotine with their head and then roll in a fire in a ritual sacrifice in India
- Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, died during the sacrifice yesterday
- The couple from Gujarat, India, leaves behind two children, parents and relatives
A man and woman committed suicide by beheading them with a homemade guillotine so they could offer their heads in India, according to police.
Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, ‘cut off’ their heads with a ‘guillotine-like mechanism’ in a ‘fire altar’ before a ritual sacrifice in Gujarat, India, yesterday.
Vinchiya police sub-inspector Indrajeetsinh Jadeja said the ‘ritual’ was performed between Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, and the couple left a note for their two children, parents and relatives who live nearby.
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 one case of accidental death has been recorded.
Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, chopped off their heads yesterday with a ‘guillotine-like mechanism’ into a ‘fire altar’ for a ritual sacrifice in Gujarat, India
Relatives of the couple said the couple had been praying at their home every day since last year.
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