A Doctor in Amritsar shows some of the 40 knives surgically removed from the cop's stomach.
A policeman in Punjab who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed said Tuesday that "spiritual powers" made him do it.
The father of two underwent a successful five-hour operation to remove the knives from his stomach in Amritsar after complaining to doctors of severe abdomen pain.
"I don't know why I did it but there was some spiritual power behind it," the 42-year-old told news agency AFP, asking not to be named.
"It started in June when I swallowed the first knife and I enjoyed the feeling. It soon became a habit," he said.
Dr Rajan with the policeman who ate knives for nearly two months.
Doctors said they initially thought he was suffering from a tumour after body scans showed a large solid mass.
But on further investigation, they discovered dozens of folding knives with metal and wooden handles and measuring up to seven inches unfolded.
40 knives were surgically removed from the policeman's body.
"We immediately prepared him for surgery and removed the knives. There was bleeding as some of them were unfolded," said Rajinder Rajan, one of the surgeons at Corporate Hospital.
Dr Rajan said he suspected the patient, who told doctors he passed two more knives in his stools, was suffering from depression.
Doctors said they initially thought he was suffering from a tumour after body scans showed a large solid
Although recovering well from Friday's surgery, he would undergo a psychological assessment before being discharged from the hospital, Dr Rajan said.