Arunima Sinha

Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Mount Denali (North America) and Mount Vinson. She is also a seven time Indian Volleyball player.

Train accident

Sinha, a former national volleyball and football player,[12] boarded the Padmavati Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 12 April 2011, to take an examination to join the CISF. She was pushed out of a general coach of the train by hooligans wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain for personal favours. Recounting the incident, she said:

Immediately, as she fell on the railway track, another train on a parallel track crushed her leg below the knee. She was rushed to the hospital with serious leg and pelvic injuries and lost her leg after doctors amputated it to save her life.

She was offered compensation of ₹25,000 (US$310) by the Indian Sports Ministry. Following national outrage, the Minister of state for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken announced an additional Rs. ₹200,000 (US$2,500) compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation for a job in the CISF. The Indian Railways also offered her a job.

On 18 April 2011, she was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for further treatment, spending four months at the institute. She was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a private Delhi-based Indian company.

An inquiry by the police into the incident threw her version of the accident into doubt. According to the police, she was either attempting suicide or met with an accident while crossing the railway tracks. Arunima claimed that the police were lying. Contrary to the police claims the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court ordered Indian Railways to pay a compensation of ₹500,000 (US$6,300) to Arunima Sinha.