P𝑎r𝑎sitic twin d𝑎ngling from Indian boy’s stomach removed
Deepak Paswan, 7, was born in one of the least developed parts of India with a p𝑎r𝑎sitic twin conjoined to his abdomen, which meant he had four legs and four arms but one head.
Hindu pilgrims from the area near his village in the northern state of Bihar used to visit the household to worship him as an incarnation of the god Vishnu, who is often depicted with more than four limbs.
His family, uncomfortable with the attention, appealed publicly for help in March to secure an operation to have the unwanted limbs removed.
“We always wanted surgery to remove the p𝑎r𝑎sitic twin to get rid of him being treated as a religious object by people,” his father, Viresh Paswan, told AFP by telephone. “My dream has come true, now we will celebrate it after returning to my village.”
The father, a low-caste construction worker in his mid-30s, called the four-hour operation a “miracle” and said his son would now be able to go to school “like any boy of his age”.
