GANDHINAGAR: A couple allegedly committed suicide by beheading themselves using a guillotine-like device. The horrific incident took place in Vinchhiya village in Rajkot district in Gujarat. The deceased are Hemubhai Makwana (38) and his wife Hansaben (35). According to the police, the couple themselves built the guillotine-like device.

Sub-inspector Indrajeetsinh Jadeja of Vinchhiya police station said that the couple executed the plan in such a way that their heads rolled into a fire altar after getting severed.

"They had prepared a fire altar in their hut. The guillotine-like device was held by a rope. As soon as the couple release the rope, the iron blade of the device fell on them, severing their heads," he said.

The police also recovered a suicide note from the spot. In the note, the couple urged their relatives to look after their parents and children. Relatives said that the couple used to offer prayers in the hut every day. The bodies police have registered a case of unnatural death.