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Shot nine times by terrorists and in coma for two months, CRPF commandant survives, being discharged today

| | Apr 05, 2017, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS) : In what doctors describe as a "miracle," CRPF commander Chetan Kumar Cheetah, who was in deep coma after being shot nine times during a battle with terrorists, has regained consciousness and is talking, media reports said.

He is being discharged from hospital on  Wednesday.

. Commandant Cheeta was shot in the head and his arms were fractured. He was in a critical state when he was flown to Delhi from Jammu and Kashmir and taken to the trauma centre of AIIMS.

The doctors said that his vitals are stable now.

"His survival is a miracle, a victory of willpower," reports quoted  Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju as saying.

Rijiju visited Cheetah on Wednesday morning. .

He said, "I just saw his condition, he is doing fine. I must thank the doctors. It was difficult imagining him back to life. He is a brave officer. The doctors have done a great job. I told him (Mr Cheeta) I want to see him back in uniform. His willpower brought him back to life."

Three soldiers had died and 15 security personnel were injured in a fierce gunbattle with terrorists in Hajin area of Bandipora district of Kashmir.

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