He walked in with a machete in his skull and lived to tell the tale

Staff on duty at Sion Hospital witnessed an unusual sight around 3 am on Saturday when a 27yearold Rohit Pawar walked into the facility with a koyta machete embedded in the left side of his skull According to the police the youth a Mankhurd resident had been attacked by three locals who have been detained and sent to the Dongri Childrenrsquos Home as they are minorsA CT scan of the 27yearoldrsquos cranium The scanning procedure which usually takes about three minutes lasted for at least 45 minutes in this caseRohitrsquos father Nagnath Pawar said ldquoAround 1015 pm when the family was about to go to bed Rohit told me he would hang out with his friends for some time I advised him to stay at home as it was late and we both had to be at work the next day But he did not listen Ten minutes later his elder brother called me saying that Rohit had got into a fight and he had been hurtRohit Pawar rests after undergoing surgery at Sion Hospital PicRitika GondhalekarAt that time I thought it must have been a trivial dispute and I didnrsquot pay attention A few minutes later however his brother called me again saying that Rohit was injured by a koyta I panicked and rushed down But by then some people had driven him to Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi When I reached there the staff told me that he had been shifted to Sion HospitalrdquoDoctorrsquos explanationDespite such a serious head injury Rohit was able to walk around on his own ldquoHe was lucky that the weapon entered through the noneloquent area of his brain The weapon had penetrated the skin scalp muscle and bone injuring his dura mater and brain As none of his main brain parts was hit he was conscious He was talking fine and also had proper motor skillsrdquo said Dr Batuk Diyora professor and HOD neurosurgery Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Sion HospitalMajor challengesA CT scan of the 27yearoldrsquos cranium The scanning procedure lasted for at least 45 minutes PICBY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTAccording to Dr Diyora the biggest challenge was to get Rohitrsquos CT scan and angiogram done ldquoMetal was not the issue but putting him inside the machine and scanning him was difficult A procedure that usually takes two to three minutes took at least 45 in this case We had to be careful while removing the weapon as there was a high chance that his other underlying vessels could have been impacted And last was to ensure minimum possible blood lossrdquo he saidWhatrsquos nextThe doctor also said that Rohit will need to be in close observation after recovery as he could experience speech and comprehension loss weakness in the left side of his body and seizures considering thathe was hit on his left sideThe violence and detentionsSenior police inspector Madhu Ghorpade told midday that the three suspects were minors ldquoThey were detained and the court remanded them to the Childrenrsquos Home No one else was involved in the attackrdquo she saidAccording to police sources the incident took place around 1030 pm near Irfan Chicken Shop in PMGP Colony and the attack stemmed from a dispute that had taken place a few days earlier between Rohit and a local youth ldquoRohit had earlier had an argument with a youth named Gautam following which the trio who are known to him and live in the same locality confronted the former One of them struck Rohit with a koyta while the others kicked and punched himrdquo an official saidRohitrsquos brother Rahul the complainant in the case said he received a call from the victim informing him about the assault ldquoHe asked me to come immediatelyrdquo Rahul saidThe police said the accused were identified based on the victimrsquos statement and local enquiries They were subsequently detained in their residences Police are also examining CCTV footage from the area to establish the sequence of events They said the trio had picked up the koyta from a nearby place to use it for the crimeA case has been registered under sections related to attempt to murder causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon and assault under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with provisions of the Arms Act and Maharashtra Police ActInput by Aishwarya Iyer