A man ate 40 knives in two months in Amritsar in Punjab because "he felt like eating them". 
 
 The matter came to light when he went to the doctor complaining of low appetite, weight loss and stomach pains. 
 
 A 5-member team conducted a 5-hour surgery on Sunday to remove the metal from his body. The man is now stable. 
 
 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 
 
 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 
 
 When asked the reason for eating the knives, the man told his doctors that he felt like eating them. "This was very unnerving. Have never witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor," said Dr Jitendra Malhotra, a member of the team who performed the surgery. ||||| AMRITSAR: In one of the rare cases, a team of doctors here successfully removed 40 knives from a patient's stomach.While talking to mediapersons here on Friday, Dr Jatinder Malhotra, managing director of The Corporate Hospital, informed that a police head constable Jarnail Singh (name changed), 42, was admitted in the hospital with complaint of stomach pain and weakness."Patient's ultrasound revealed a growth in his stomach. To confirm the diagnosis, an endoscopy was done which showed a few metallic knives inside the stomach," Dr malhotra said."After that a CT Scan of the abdomen was done, which showed multiple knives inside the stomach," He further said.When inquired from the patient, it was revealed that he had some sort of psychological problem, because of which he had swallowed 40 knives of different sizes in last two months.A team of surgeons, physicians and critical-care doctors operated upon the patient. The team included Dr B B Goyal, Dr Rajinder Rajan, Dr Arti Malhotra and Dr Anita besides Dr Jatinder himself.He said a few knives were opened up, a few were broken due to rust, while a few were lying closed.“In my 20 years of practice, this is the most dreadful surgery I have ever seen or done,” said Jatinder, adding that the head constable was out of danger now.A few knives were opened up, a few were broken due to rust, while a few were lying closed inside the stomach. ||||| “When we began the diagnosis, we found the cause of the pain puzzling. We did an ultrasound, which revealed some solid mass in his stomach, shaped like cancer,” he said. 
 
 “The patient then told us he had an uncontrollable urge to eat knives. What is astonishing is that he had been eating knives [(for) the past two months. 
 
 “This was very unnerving, I have not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor.”
– A 42-year-old police constable came into an Indian hospital complaining of stomach pain, the Times of India reports. According to the Telegraph, an ultrasound showed a mass doctors believed to be cancer. The reality was much more disturbing. An endoscopy revealed the mass to be a whole bunch of knives. On Sunday, doctors performed surgery, removing 40 knives from the man's stomach, News 18 reports. Dr. Jitinder Malhotra calls the five-hour operation the "most dreadful surgery" he's ever performed. The unnamed man had apparently been eating the knives for two months because he felt like it and enjoyed the taste. Doctors say he's suffering from some sort of psychological problem. "This was very unnerving," the Telegraph quotes Malhotra as saying. "I have not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor." Despite recently having 40 knives of various sizes piling up in his stomach, the man is expected to be OK.