India, June 8 -- A 60-year-old man in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district allegedly died by suicide by slitting his throat as a sacrifice on Eid-Ul-Azha on Saturday.

Locals claimed that the deceased sacrificed himself on the day of Eid-Ul-Azha and left a note saying, "I am sacrificing myself in the name of Allah and his messenger."

Police officials have not confirmed if any such document was found. They stated that the man had used a knife to slit his throat inside a hut near his home, reported PTI.

After his family members heard his cries, they found him in the hut and rushed him to the district medical college with the help of the police. He was then referred to the Gorakhpur Medical College for further treatment.

The man s...