Hoping to contribute to halting the novel coronavirus pandemic in the world, a young man in India has reportedly chopped off his own tongue while in a religious temple.
Gujarat youth chops off his tongue to eradicate coronavirus from villagehttps://t.co/bNx1oeBelo
— DNA (@dna) April 19, 2020
The 24-year-old stone sculptor was rushed to hospital after being found by a priest in the Bhavani Mata temple in the Gujarat village of Suigam. Local reports have yet to verify whether doctors' attempts to reattach his tongue were successful.
I doubt it will work, but I admire his initiative and commitment.
Indian man chops off tongue in sacrifice to stop coronavirus spread https://t.co/hiDjpr4ism via @nypost— Hank Igoe (@HankIgoeMebane) April 20, 2020
The young man who has been working in the temple and hasn't been able to return to his home village due to the lockdown believed he could please the deity by offering his tongue as sacrifice so the viral outbreak would stop from spreading and he would be able to return home.
If this doesn’t work, then the poor guy was paying lip service https://t.co/c87yeONHu6
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) April 20, 2020
Some reports doubted the reasons for such extreme action, saying they would rather wait for him to fully recover and tell the story himself before they believe in the sacrifice narrative.
