Shot 9 Times By Terrorists, In Coma For Weeks, Officer Cheetah Goes Home

While fighting terrorists in Kashmir's Bandipora district in February, Chetan Kumar Cheeta, a Commanding Officer of the CRPF or Central Reserve Police Force, was shot at least nine times. Even as he collapsed, he kept firing at the terrorists. After weeks in coma, the officer is being discharged from hospital today. Commandant Cheeta was shot in the head and his arms were fractured. He was in a critical state and in deep coma when he was flown to Delhi and taken to the trauma centre of AIIMS.