Srinagar, Aug 09: In a heartwarming and emotional celebration of Raksha Bandhan, 15-year-old Anamta Ahmed from Mumbai tied a rakhi to Shivam Mistry, a boy who had lost his sister Riya last year. What makes their bond special is that Riya’s hand was transplanted to Anamta, forming an unbreakable connection between the two families.
On October 30, 2022, Anamta’s right arm had to be amputated after she came in contact with a 11,000 kilowatt high-tension cable at a relative’s house in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh. A resident of Goregaon in Mumbai, she managed to save her left arm through surgery but suffered immense mental and physical distress after the accident.
Two years later on September 14, around 200 kilometres away, Riya, a class 4 student from Gujarat’s Valsad, fell sick when she suddenly began vomiting and complained of an intolerable headache. After visiting several hospitals, she was admitted to Kiran Hospital in Surat on September 15 and later died of a haemorrhage. The incident left everybody stunned.
Anamta,expressed her joy and gratitude saying, “I do not have a brother, and Shivam lost his only sister. From now on, Shivam is my brother, and I am his sister. I shall tie him a rakhi every year.”
