Administration officials led by Mahavir Singh, the officiating sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Ramgarh, visited the spot today to verify the CCTV footage.
35-year-old Nutt, he said, committed suicide at the temple door on Tuesday by slitting his own throat with a sharp dagger which he had brought hidden in a towel.
He bathed at the confluence of Damodar and Bhairvi rivers at 4 AM and entered the temple around 6 AM. He offered prayer at the sanctum sanctorum, the SDO said, adding that he was seen near the sacrificial platform outside the temple in the CCTV footage.
Rajrappa temple is a Shakti Peeth dedicated to headless deity Goddess Chinnamastika who holds a scimitar in one hand and her severed head in the other.
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