The incident took place around 3 pm Wednesday when Gela Patadiya (52), a resident of Ratanpar area, allegedly died by hanging himself inside a toilet in the lock-up of the police station.
Police said that the Abhayam helpline forwarded the complaint to the control room of Rajkot city police station, which in turn alerted the University police station. By the time a team of police personnel reached the couple’s home, the man was found dead.
Four people were killed as a two-storey building collapsed in the the Kadiyavad area Monday. The woman died by suicide as there was no left in her family, the police said.
राजकोटमधील विछिया तालुक्यात अंधश्रद्धेची हृदय हेलावणारी घटना समोर आली आहे. येथे तांत्रिक विधीनंतर मजुरी करणाऱ्या पती-पत्नीने हवन कुंडात स्वतःचे शीर कापून आहुती दिली. पती-पत्नीने एक सुसाइड नोटही सोडली असून त्यात त्यांनी स्वतः जीव देत असल्याचे लिहिले आहे. | Husband and wife cut off their own heads and offered them in Havankunda, self-made head cutter to cut throats