Youth chops off his tongue at Ghatagaon Maa Tarini temple in Keonjhar

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KalingaTV News Network

Keonjhar: A youth turned critical after slicing off his own tongue at the Maa Tarini temple in Ghatagon in the district to get his wishes fulfilled by the presiding deity on Saturday.

The devotee has been identified as Dasharathi Jena of Thakurmunda area of Mayurbhanj district.

Dasarathi, who reached the temple to offer prayer to the deities in the morning suddenly chopped off his tongue by a shaving blade. He bled profusely and turned critical on the spot.

A group of servitors and officials of the temple rushed Dasarathi to Ghatagaon CHC immediately where he is currently under treatment.

While the Ghatagaon Police has lodged a case in the incident, it has claimed that the youth took the step out of his own “faith and belief”.

An investigation is underway in the incident.

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