HYDERABAD: What is common between AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, former revolutionary poet Gaddar, Hyderabad city police constable Dasari Rajendra Prasad and Youth Congress leader M. Vikram Goud? They all have a bullet in their bodies. While it was a murder attempt on Akbaruddin, Gaddar and Rajendra Prasad, Vikram, on the other hand, stage managed his own attack.
The bullets, which are fatal, have become a part of their life of years. Medical experts said that removing the bullet can be more dangerous to the person due to the medical complications involved in it. Gaddar alias Gummadi Vittal Rao was shot at by five unknown persons at his residence in Alwal in 1997. Though four bullets were removed from his body, the fifth one, which landed near his spinal cord, could not be removed due to medical complications.
He said though the incident happened 20 years ago, there was no progress in the case. “Though the bullet has remained on my spine, it has not affected me. I am committed to my goals and I continue to work for the people. As far as my health is concerned, I am healthy both physically and mentally,” said Gaddar. In 1999, Rajendra Prasad, a constable with the Falaknuma police station, was shot at by the Viqaruddin gang while he was on a patrolling along with home-guard Balaswamy, who died instantaneously. The bullet hit on Rajendra Prasad’s head.
“It was so horrible that I could not even close my mouth. But I recovered and started to walk within 25 days,” he said, and added that doctors said that if the bullet is removed, it can lead to a paralytic stroke and permanent blindness. “It has affected my brain and optical nerves. Besides, I am on a medication for the lifetime to avoid other complications,” Rajendra Prasad said, and he thanked his superiors for allotting him general duties during the day time. After the attack, his wife, Dhanalakshmi, who was working in a private hospital, quit her job to look after him.
Akberuddin, MLA, has a bullet near his kidney. If it is removed it will affect his lower limbs. So, he is undergoing treatment for this. D.R. Venkanna, scientific officer for the clue team of Hyderabad police, said that when the bullet penetrates into a person’s body, it enters at a temperature of over 300 degree centigrade. As a result, all the fungi and the microbes vanish. “Except for being a metal, the bullet, which is less than half an inch, will stay as a foreign body. It requires complicated procedures to remove the bullet, which can be more harmful to the person.” he added.
