Jaipur: In a bizarre case, villagers in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district conducted rituals and beat drums for three hours in the premises of a government hospital in the belief it would drive out the soul of their dead relative.

The incident happened at MG Hospital on Saturday where a relative of some of the villagers had died sometime back. Doctors said villagers performed the ritual in their belief that they could search and take the soul back with them.