Meet the 100-year-old man who can't survive without eating mud

Ranchi: In a bizarre incident, a man in Jharkhand claimed that he is cannot survive without eating mud.

Identified as Karu Paswan, the 100-year-old man hails from Jharkhand's Sahebganj.

100-year-old Karu Paswan from #Jharkhand's Sahebganj claims he can't survive without eating mud, says 'started eating it when I was 11 years old due to poverty but later it became a daily routine' pic.twitter.com/NPrrihaNiy

— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2018

Paswan said that he had started eating mud since he was 11 years old.

Initially, he ate mud due to poverty. But later, it became his habit.

"I started eating mud when I was 11 years old due to poverty but later it became a daily routine," he said.