BIZZAIRE :The Story Of The Boy Born With 8 Limbs,After Surgery,He Is Now Living A Normal Life.

When Deepak Kumar Paswan was born with a parasitic twin growing out of his chest, doctors warned he wouldn't live more than a few days. Incredibly, he survived and despite having seven limbs he appears perfectly healthy today.

But while he was worshipped as a God by some in his village, the tragic eight-year-old was terrified of going out alone after being attacked by an angry mob who fear he brought bad luck. And  he's desperate for surgery to remove his dead twin so he can start to live a normal life.

"It's heartbreaking the way he was treated. He's suffered his whole life. All Deepak wanted to do was run inside and hide. We just want to raise enough money for him to have an operation to remove his twin so he can live a normal life." says Deepak's dad Veeresh sadly.

Incredibly, when Deepak's mum Indu was pregnant with him she had no idea he'd been born so deformed. Doctors believe Deepak's identical twin didn't separate from him inside his mother's womb, leaving him with two fully formed legs and a stunted, deformed arm growing from his chest.

When she gave birth in a remote Indian village eight years ago, doctors told her he'd die within days.
"When they handed me my baby I was devastated," says mum Indu, 36. "I didn't know how to hold him and believed he'd never survive.

"I wrapped him up so that he would not move and injure himself - and he looked so normal - he cried and slept and did everything like a normal baby - until we undressed him for a bath or to change his clothes - and this deformity was there."

The Fortis Hospital in Bangalore said a team of 15 doctors worked on Deepak's case and after months of consultations went ahead with the complicated surgery.
"He is 100 percent fit," said chief surgeon Ramcharan Thiagrajan, adding that doctors faced a challenge to ensure his intestines functioned correctly in the long run.

Beaming with delight little Deepak Paswaan shows off his normal body for the first time since undergoing surgery to remove the legs and arms of his underdeveloped twin growing out of his chest.

For years, Deepak, 8, from Bihar, India, had to suffer taunts and bullying from other children over the appalling disfigurement.

Some taunted him as a 'devil' and a 'freak' while others even viewed him as a god.

Look at me now! Deepak Kumar Paswaan, who was born with the legs and arms of his underdeveloped twin brother sticking out of his chest, shows of his new body for the first time since undergoing surgery

Howzat? Deepak is able to fully indulge his love of cricket after the operation to remove his extra limbs

Determined: But before the surgery Deepak struggled to enjoy his favourite sport

Hindu pilgrims used to visit his home to worship him as an incarnation of the god Vishnu, who is often depicted with more than four limbs.

Last year his family for help to get the unwanted limbs removed and give Deepak the chance of a normal life

And Deepak's world was turned upside down when leading surgeons from Bangalore's Fortis Hospital agreed to operate for free.

The pioneering surgery, which was carried out last year, would normally cost around £50,000, a sum his impoverished family could never have dreamed of affording.

Happily the gruelling four-hour operation was a complete success.

Now fully-healed and looking like a healthy, normal seven-year-old, cricket-mad Deepak has been given a new lease of life.

He said: 'I can run faster than my two elder brothers - before I could never keep up. I really like my new body. It's much more fun. I am very happy.'

Footage from the sensational four-hour surgery will be shown on Channel 5 on Thursday night in Eight-Limbed Boy: Extraordinary People, at 9pm.