In what not less than a miracle CRPF Commanding Officer, Chetan Cheetah of the 45th battalion, was shot multiple bullets during the encounter and was airlifted from Srinagar to AIIMS Trauma Center in Delhi two months ago for further treatment has been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
The 45-year-old suffered injuries on his head, his right eye, waist, upper limbs, hands and pelvic region and suffered a ‘maxillofacial’ injury. According to doctors, Cheetah’s recovery has been nothing short of a miracle and they are planning to send Cheetah home.
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Cheetah was initially treated at the Army Base hospital before being airlifted to the AIIMS trauma centre, where he underwent brain surgery. The army chief General Bipin Rawat had also gone to visit him at the base hospital following the encounter where he spoke to the doctors regarding his health.
Meanwhile, Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs visited him at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to check up on the CRPF officer and assured that the government would extend all possible help to him.
Miracle! Brave CRPF Comdt Chetan Kr Cheetah survived fatal bullet injuries in an encounter in J&K. Thanks AIIMS Doctors, salute his spirit. pic.twitter.com/05NHz89kAH
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 5, 2017
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In the same encounter, three soldiers and one militant were killed in the Hajin area of Bandipora district of Kashmir.