"When I heard that 17 jawans died (that number later increased to 19) in the terrorist attack on Uri, I felt like getting up from my bed and running. Today, I am very happy that India started replying to Pakistan in the manner it deserves. I hear India carried out surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the LoC (Line of Control). I am very happy, but I am also sad that I am not there," said 36-year-old Kanagala Sriramulu, a jawan who was injured in the Pathankot attack in January of this year.
TOI
His brother Sangam Naidu said Ramulu was shaking with rage as he watched footage of the Uri attack on TV news channels, from his hospital bed in Delhi. "Pakistan is a badmash country," Ramulu exclaimed.
Kanagala, who was a part of the 150-member army team that eliminated the terrorists responsible for the attack in Pathankot, is now recovering from shrapnel injuries sustained in a grenade explosion.
A bomb-disposal expert, Ramulu has about 50 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his head and brain, the injuries paralysed the right part of his body.
He cannot eat or walk on his own. His right eye is completely damaged, and he is suffering from short-term memory loss.
Reuters
Still under treatment at the RR (Research and Referral) Hospital in Delhi, Ramulu took a week's break to see his aged parents Rami Naidu and Ramanamma. The family did not allow his frail parents to see him while he was undergoing treatment in Delhi. Ramulu arrived at his village Vone Agraharam in Vangara block,
Reuters
After gunning down the terrorists in Pathankot, Ramulu, along with fellow jawans, was trying to defuse a grenade lying near a dead terrorist. The grenade went off, killing Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan and injuring four others, including Ramulu.
The shrapnel pierced Ramulu's head and he was in a coma for 10 days. He spent nine months undergoing treatment in hospital.
The doctors, according to Sangam Naidu, declared that removing the 50 pieces of shrapnel from his head and brain would endanger his life. "Doctors told us to keep him happy as long as he is alive. Home minister Rajnath Singh also told us the same thing, while assuring the family of all support," Sangam Naidu told Mirror.