PATNA: A 16-year-old girl allegedly gouged out her eyes using her fingers and offered them to Goddess Durga at a temple in
Sirua village in Baheri block of
Darbhanga district, around 120km from
Patna, on Saturday morning.
Police said
Komal Kumari along with her family members had gone to the temple to perform rituals of the seventh day of
Chaitra Navaratra when the incident took place. She was rushed to Baheri primary health centre from where doctors referred her to
Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
DMCH superintendent Dr
Santosh Kumar Mishra confirmed the girl had gouged out her eyes with her fingers. “It’s shocking,” he told TOI over the phone and added her family members told him the girl, otherwise normal, suddenly asked people sitting around her if anyone offered eyes to the goddess. Replied in the negative, she did the unbelievable.
According to Mahavir Mandir-Patna priest
Bhavnath Jha, ‘eyes’ made of golden apple seeds are offered to the goddess as part of rituals on the seventh day of Chaitra Navaratra. “The girl’s act, however, cannot be justified. She must be suffering from some psychological disorder,” he said.
Goddess Durga (File Photo)
