Dussehra was lucky for a 22-year-old from Rajashtan, who lost all his limbs in a tragic accident a year-and-a-half ago. On Friday, Jagdev Singh flew with his father and brother-in-law to Mumbai and underwent a 13-hour-long surgery, where his hands were transplanted, giving him another chance to live an independent life.

“We got a call around 5.30 pm on October 14, about a pair of limbs being donated. We immediately left for Delhi, which is 350 km away from where we live and took a flight to Mumbai. We reached Mumbai at 7.30 am the next day, and soon investigations, followed by procedures, began for the bilateral hand transplant. The surgery began at 4 pm and it went on till 8 am on Saturday,” said Nirmal Dhillon, Singh’s brother-in-law, who accompanied him to Mumbai.