Bihar man cuts off his private part, places it at village temple, attempts suicide after dispute with wife

PATNA: In a shocking incident in Rohtas district, a 25-year-old man allegedly cut off his private part and placed the severed organ at a village temple before attempting suicide following a dispute with his wife, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Kusdihra village under Kargahar police station area.

According to police, the man was found near the temple, bleeding profusely, with a knife in his hand and injury marks on his neck. Villagers and family members overpowered him, snatched away the weapon and rushed him to hospital. He was initially taken to Sasaram sadar hospital, where he received primary treatment at the trauma centre, and was later referred to Varanasi for advanced care.

Doctors said the genital organ was completely severed and that he also sustained serious neck injuries. His condition remains critical, and he is undergoing treatment at a trauma centre in Varanasi.

According to the victim’s cousin, he was married to a woman from Sasaram in 2022, and the couple had frequent disputes over the past two years. “There were often arguments between them, and at times we could hear shouting from their room at night. We later came to know that he used to pressure his wife for physical relations, which led to repeated fights. The issue was so sensitive that we never intervened,” the cousin said.

On Tuesday night, the couple had dinner around 8pm and went to their room. Around 9 pm, family members heard shouting again. By the time they reached, the man had already left the house, while his wife was crying inside. Around 10 pm, villagers raised an alarm that a man had harmed himself near the temple. Family members rushed there and found him lying in a pool of blood. The severed organ was placed near the deity, and he was holding a blood-soaked knife. There were also injury marks on his neck.

“We immediately took him to hospital. On the way, he kept saying he did not want to live and that he had removed the cause of their fights. Soon after, he lost consciousness,” the cousin added. Sasaram civil surgeon Dr Maniraj Ranjan said the man had taken an extremely serious and unusual step.