23 August,2016 08:47 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
A policeman who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed said today that spiritual powers made him do it
Amritsar: In an unusual case, as many as 40 knives were surgically removed from the stomach of a policeman here who claimed that he used to feel an "urge" to eat them. A team of five doctors carried out a five-hour long surgery on Surjeet Singh (40), who is employed with Punjab Police and is posted at Tarn Taran district, at a hospital.
In this handout photograph released by the Corporate Hospital in Amritsar, blades recovered following surgery on the policeman who swallowed over 40 knives are seen. Pics/AFP
Jitendra Malhotra, MD of Corporate Hospital, today said Singh had come to them complaining of stomach ache and excessive weight loss. "A series of ultrasounds followed by various tests, including endoscopy and CT scan, related to the stomach were carried out before the surgery as the patient was admitted in the hospital with severe weight loss, besides multiple ailments.
The surgical team operates on the policeman who swallowed over 40 knives
"In the beginning, cancer was suspected but during investigation some hard metal substances were found inside the stomach that had damaged liver and kidney and other organs," said Malhotra.
Blades recovered following surgery on the policeman
After the surgery, Singh was absolutely healthy, he said. He said the patient had told them that he always had an urge to eat knives and he ate them over a period of two months. Singh had been facing psychiatric problems for the past year.
An x-ray of the policeman
