A policeman from Amritsar In Punjab who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed said today that "spiritual powers" made him do it.

• 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.

• 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.Although recovering well from Friday's surgery, he would undergo a psychological assessment before being discharged from the hospital, Dr Rajan said.

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