Arunima "Sonu" Sinha (born 1988) was the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest.She was also the first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest.
She was a national level volleyball player who was pushed from a running train by thieves in 2011 while she was resisting them. One of her legs had to be amputated below the knee as a result.
Train accident
Sinha, a former national volleyball and football player,boarded the Padmavat Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 11 April 2011, to take an examination to join the CISF. She was pushed out of a general coach of the train by thieves wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain. Recounting the incident, she said,
| “ | I resisted and they pushed me out of the train. I could not move. I remember seeing a train coming towards me. I tried getting up. By then the train had run over my leg. I don't remember anything after that | ” |
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 
25000 (US$390) by the Indian Sports Ministry. Following national outrage, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Makenannounced an additional Rs. 200000 (US$3,100) compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation for a job in the CISF. Indian Railways also offered her a job.
25000 (US$390) by the Indian Sports Ministry. Following national outrage, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Makenannounced an additional Rs. 200000 (US$3,100) compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation for a job in the CISF. 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 500000 (US$7,900) to Arunima Sinha.
500000 (US$7,900) to Arunima Sinha.
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