A police constable who swallowed 40 knives over two months and had them surgically removed said on Tuesday that ‘spiritual powers’ made him do it. “I don’t know why I did it but there was some spiritual power behind it,” said the 42-year-old. There was bleeding as some of them were unfolded,” Rajinder Rajan, one of the surgeons at Corporate Hospital, told AFP. Rajan said he suspected the patient, who told doctors he passed two more knives in his stools, was suffering from depression. Although recovering well from Friday’s surgery, he will undergo a psychological assessment before being discharged from the hospital, Rajan added.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2016 09:22 UTC