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Shaktiman was attacked by
BJP protesters in Dehradun on Monday. As she backed away, one of her
hind legs was caught in a railing. (Source: PTI)
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According
to reports, doctors diagnosed that blood supply to injured leg had
stopped so it had to be amputated.
The leg of Uttarakhand Police
horse Shaktiman, who was allegedly attacked by a Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) MLA during a protest in Dehradun, has been amputated.
According to reports, doctors diagnosed that blood supply to injured
leg had stopped so it had to be amputated.
The horse was hit with wooden
sticks, allegedly by BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi and his associates. Under
attack, Shaktiman kept stepping back from the group of protesters,
till one of her legs buckled and got stuck in a railing. But the
attack did not stop. Unable to move away from the mob, her left hind
leg started bleeding profusely and she collapsed.
She suffered multiple
fractures on her left hind leg bone. Local veterinary doctors, on
Monday, feared that the damaged leg may have to be amputated. But on
Tuesday, a team of veterinary doctors performed a five-hour-long
operation on Shaktiman, after which they announced that she should be
back on her feet in six weeks.
Brought from Delhi in 2006
when she was four years old, Shaktiman is a snowy-white, 5 feet 8
inches tall, Kathiawari mare. She received training at the Maharaja
Ranjit Singh Academy, Phillaur, in Punjab. Considered one of the
oldest horse breeds in the country, Kathiawari horses have great
stamina and endurance