Shaktiman’s leg amputated to save his life, BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi arrested

 

Dehradun, 18 March 2016: BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi was arrested this morning in connection with the attack on police horse Shaktiman.

 

On Thursday, Pramod Bora, a BJP worker was also arrested from Haldwani in Nainital district for forcefully pulling the bridle of the horse and causing its fall at the protest venue on March 14 and leaving it injured.

 

 

The horse in fact fell with its entire weight on its hind quarters under the combined impact of Joshi’s frontal attack with a lathi and Bora pulling up its reins from one side, Dehradun SSP Sadanand Daate said.

 

Meanwhile Shaktiman injured hind leg was amputated in an emergency life-saving surgery last night.

 

The surgery was conducted at a veterinary hospital here by a team of doctors led by surgeon Feroze Khambatta, hours after Army doctors from Pune opined that one of the hind legs of the horse that was fractured will have to be amputated as the animal might lose its life due to spread of gangrene from the wound.

 

Shaktiman will take a month to recover from the surgery and in the meantime he has been provided with temporary prosthetic aid in the form of artificial legs which is tailor made to his specifications.