Police in Andhra Pradesh have stopped septuagenarian from committing self-burial in order to "reach God". The spiritually-inclined man had prepared his own grave on his farm land and wanted to reach God by going for self-burial.

Thatireddy Lachi Reddy had prepared the 'samadhi' in his field in Gannavaram village in Macherla block of Guntur district. Police rushed there and prevented him from resorting to the extreme step. The incident occurred on Wednesday but it came to light on Friday.