New Delhi: A 45-year-old Muslim man on Monday slit his throat with a knife and sacrificed himself at the shrine of Ghazi Baba in Bahraich District in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha, police said.A note was found in which Moharrum Ali had written, "I was sacrificing my life as I once dreamt Allah asking me to offer myself for sacrifice," Superintendent of Police (SP) Pramod Kumar told PTI.
He said a sharp-edged weapon was also recovered near his body and added that the case was being investigated.
Moharrum Ali had made an attempt to sacrifice himself at the shrine a couple of years ago, the SP said.
Prima facie, it appeared to be an act of suicide with religious fanaticism, Kumar said.