The 42-year-old had sustained multiple gunshot wounds in February during a battle with militants in Bandipora, Kashmir. “We are planning to send Cheetah home on Wednesday,” Dr Amit Gupta, professor of trauma surgery and critical care at the centre. The debridement had to be done as Cheetah was suffering from meningitis, inflammation of the brain membrane. He had sustained severe head, jaw and eye injuries and had fractured his hands during the encounter. “He is conscious, however, the brain injuries were severe and he would not be cognitively normal.

Source: Hindustan Times April 05, 2017 06:17 UTC