Police in southern India are hunting for two men who attacked a Hindu holy man, cut off his right leg and then made off with it. The 80-year-old holy man, Yanadi Kondaiah, claimed to have healing powers in the leg. He is now recovering from his ordeal in hospital in the city of Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Police say the incident happened 550 km north of the state capital, Hyderabad.
According to the BBC report, police say that the self-styled 'Godman' was approached a few days ago by two strangers who came to seek his advice over a medical problem. The pair returned to the old man ostensibly to thank him for his help. "As the old man had the weakness of drinking, he accepted their invitation to have drinks with them," said local police Sub-Inspector Pendakanti Dastgiri. "They took him to a deserted spot in the outskirts of the village. After the old man had passed out under the influence of liquor, they cut off his right leg from the knee," he said.
Dastgiri said that the amputation was carried out in a very "brutal manner" and that police are still looking for the leg and the men who so cruelly took it. He said that the assailants used a sharp hunting knife, and left the old man alone and bleeding slowly to death. Local people who found him unconscious alerted the police, who rushed him to hospital in Tirupati.
After regaining consciousness Kondaiah said that he had no idea why he was targeted in such a manner, and did not understand the motive of the miscreants in taking away his leg. "I have always been good to others and helped who ever came to me. Then why has this been done to me?" he asked amid his tears.
Police say the reason for the attack could be because Kondaiah told too many people of the alleged magical powers of his right leg.
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