Uri

Sriramulu

Pathankot

Sangam Naidu

Ramulu

army

Kanagala Sangam Naidu

Rami Naidu

Vone Agraharam

Vangara

Srikakulam

AP

Niranjan

Rajnath Singh

National Security Guard

NSG

Kumari

Andhra Pradesh

Bhanu Prakash

“When I heard that 17 jawans died [that number later increased to 18] in the terrorist attack on, 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, a jawan who was injured in theattack in January of this year.His brothersaidwas 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-memberteam 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.“To put it simply, he cannot do without assistance, even for a minute,” says his brotherStill under treatment at the RR (Research and Referral) Hospital in Delhi, Ramulu took a week’s break to see his aged parentsand Ramanamma. The family did not allow his frail parents to see him while he was undergoing treatment in Delhi. Ramulu arrived at his villageinblock,district (about 800km from Hyderabad) in north coastalto spend a week with them.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 Coloneland 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 ministeralso told us the same thing, while assuring the family of all support,” Sangam Naidu told Mirror.Sangam Naidu is posted in the CrPF in Chattisgarh. The authorities deputed him to assist Ramulu as a guard and personal assistance (special circumstances).Ramulu joined the Army in September 2000, and was serving in the bomb disposal squad of the).“The home minister came to see us in the hospital. He told me to be happy,” says Ramulu. Rajnath also sanctioned Ramulu’s request that his wifebe given a job in thegovernment. Ramulu’s sons Chakradhar andare studying in class III and II respectively. “What I expect from the government is a job for my wife, and a good education for my children,” Ramulu said, with tears in his eyes.