CNN Reporter Comes Under Fire After Eating Human Brain On TV. See Photos

A TV presenter ate cooked human brain with a group of cannibals in India – before one of the flesh-eaters got mad and started flinging his own POO at him. In an episode of Believer, a six-part CNN series on spirituality, US religious scholar Reza Aslan met with the Aghori, a nomadic Hindu sect in India.

The group believes that nothing can taint the human body and rejects the Hindu caste system, which deems certain groups of people untouchable.

After Aslan has bathed in the sacred Ganges river, an Aghori scholar smears the ashes of a cremated body on his face and he is given alcohol served in a human skull. Then he is given a piece of burned human brain and eats it, reports the Washington Post.

The segment drew anger from some American Hindus, who claim it portrays their religion in a negative light.

Indian-Americans have criticized CNN for highlights the beliefs of a tiny cult - which has less than 100 members - which has little to do with mainstream Hinduism.

The Aghori are devotees of the Hindu god Shiva and believe nothing can taint the human body. But their beliefs and practices are rejected by orthodox Hindus.