40 knives removed from Amritsar man who ate them after 5 hour long stomach surgery

Amritsar August20  A man in Amritsar ate 40 knives in two months as he felt like eating them. The knives were removed by a team of five doctors removed after 5-hour long surgery.

Speaking to ANI, one of the surgeons, Dr Jitendra Malhotra, said, “This was very unnerving, [I have] not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor.”

The operation was successful and the man spoke to doctors and media after the surgery. “I felt like eating them,” the man told doctors.

Shocking story from Amritsar! Man eats 40 knives, lives to tell tale; said to the doctor “I felt like eating them” pic.twitter.com/TaLrk6oHQj

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 20, 2016

This was very unnerving, not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor: Dr. Jitendra Malhotra (Surgeon) pic.twitter.com/OeozUrBOJs

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 20, 2016