Bhubaneswar, Oct 22 - Confined in a dark room by his family, a 37-year-old man in Orissa has been living in the nude since for nine long years.

According to his wife Laxmipriya, Baburam Behera has not stepped out of his house in Harichandanpur village in Balasore district, some 200 km from here, since June 2000.

"All on a sudden he started behaving abnormally. He turned violent and attacked people," his wife told IANS over telephone. "He lives in the nude all the time." (IANS)