Self-styled faith healer kills 10-year-old son in Ahmedabad, police investigating murder case. Ahmedabad: A 36-year-old self-styled faith healer allegedly killed his 10-year-old son by repeatedly smashing him against a goddess’s altar and hitting him with a stick in Ahmedabad district’s Vinchhiya village, telling his wife that he wanted to ensure no one else in the family followed the generations-old tradition of serving as a bhuvo, or spirit medium.