Amritsar: 40 knives removed from man’s stomach; says ‘felt like eating them’

New Delhi: A team of five doctors, reportedly, removed 40 knives from a man's stomach with the help of a surgery which continued for 5-hour. From Amritsar, this man, in two months, ate 40 knives as he felt like eating them.

5-member team located knives in body, surgery took 5 hours. Man ate these knives for over 2 months (graphic content) pic.twitter.com/Zazh8oUnqG

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 20, 2016

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.”  

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

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