It was an evening that will be etched in Dhiman Beelel’s mind and body forever. The 24-year-old from Borivli will have to live with 15 fragments of shrapnel stuck in his body.
It was an evening that will be etched in Dhiman Beelel’s mind and body forever. The 24-year-old from Borivli will have to live with 15 fragments of shrapnel stuck in his body.
Beelel was just four feet away from where the bomb exploded at Khau Galli in Zaveri Bazaar on Wednesday. The shrapnel pierced his body and penetrated into his head, legs and back.
Out of these, two pieces lodged themselves in the upper part of Beelel’s forehead. “The blast will soon fade away from people’s memories. But the 15 pieces of shrapnel will stay inside me. Two pieces are stuck near my brain. Eight are deep inside my legs and five are in my back,” said Beelel, who is trying to recuperate from the injuries.
Doctors have decided to leave the fragments in Beelel’s head. “The doctors are saying that an operation to remove the pieces will be dangerous. There is a tremendous risk of cranial nerves and other brain cells getting damaged,” said Sujata Sadhukha, Beelel’s sister.
Doctors are also planning to leave a portion of shrapnel in Beelel’s leg and back untouched. Since the fragments are of steel and not iron, chances of infection are low.
Beelel was taken to GT hospital on the night of the blast but was later transferred to Bombay Hospital. “We are closely monitoring the patient’s condition and looking at how he is responding to the foreign objects inside him,” said a medical representative of the hospital.
Images of Beelel were splashed across newspapers and televisions on the night of the blasts. “It was a close shave with death. I was standing at a stall when I heard a loud sound and saw a massive fire around me,” he recounts. “I tried to run faster but couldn’t. I barely managed to take 25 steps and hid near a stall. I then called up my brother.”
Beelel’s family is counting their blessings. “Doctors too say that he got lucky. We are just asking him not to talk about the incident. The more he talks about it, the more it will disturb him,” said his friend Amit Ash.
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