24-year-old man cuts off his tongue as sacrifice to god to stop coronavirus

24-year-old Indian, has allegedly cut off his tongue as a sacrifice to a god to stop the pandemic virus.

Vivek Sharma, a young man in India, who was reported to have become anxious about the spread of the killer disease, which has claimed more than 160,000 lives worldwide, did this on Saturday morning in Nadeshwari in Gujarat.

He had been employed as a stone cutter alongside eight others working at the Bhavani Mata temple in Suigam, according to one of his colleague, he was a committed believer of Kali Mata.

Earlier on Saturday, he left Bhavani temple saying that he was going to the market, but did not return.

It was when his brother called him on his phone, a stranger answered and told him what had happened.

According to police reports, Vivek did it thinking he would please the deity to stop the spread of the ravaging coronavirus by sacrificing his tongue.

Police were called by a priest, and arrived to find him unconscious. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors are trying to reattach his tongue.