Then all of a sudden, he took out a dagger which he was carrying, hidden in his gamcha (coarse towel) and slit his throat," Subhashish Panda , general secretary of the Rajrappa Temple 's Panda (priest) Samiti told TOI. When they arrived, the man was lying in a pool of blood, dead," Panda said.A police team from Rajrappa police station rushed to the spot inside an hour. "The family members have been informed and they are on their way here," investigating officer AK Singh said.Meanwhile, the incident triggered panic in the temple premises. The temple is referred as a 'Shakti Peeth' in ancient Hindu scriptures and pujas are offered in the Tantrik style. "Though the tantriks who come here to offer pujas during Amavasyas offer their blood by pricking their fingers, today's incident is unprecedented," a temple priest said.

Source: Times of India January 31, 2017 07:30 UTC