> At a Glance
> – Kavita, 32, pulled a bullet from her thigh while cleaning an infected wound.
> – The slug had sat hidden for 20 years since a mysterious pain during a 2005 school exam.
> – Doctors say the rifle round lost speed and embedded in muscle, finally emerging last Sunday.
> Why it matters: It shows how a childhood “stone” injury can secretly be a stray bullet-and how the body can wall it off for decades.
While tending a painful boil on her right thigh last weekend, Kavita expected to find pus-not a piece of metal that rewrote her childhood memories.
How the Bullet Finally Surfaced
The 32-year-old from Dabua Colony, Faridabad, had battled the infection for two months. When the boil burst on January 4, a small object popped out along with the discharge. Her husband, Pradeep Baisla, examined it and realized it was a bullet.
- The wound had resisted antibiotics and repeated injections.
- Once the slug exited, the pain and swelling subsided immediately.
- Kavita says she never imagined the injury dated back to primary school.
The Forgotten School-Day Incident
Flash back to 2005: 12-year-old Kavita was in class in Kota Khandewala village, Nuh, when she felt a sharp sting in her thigh.
Kavita recalled:
> “I was bleeding from a wound. Teachers sent me home assuming that I was hit by a piece of stone accidentally from students playing nearby.”
Her family dressed the cut; it healed and life moved on-even though the school sat next to an army firing range.
Medical Explanation
Dr Upendra Bhardwaj at Faridabad’s Badshah Khan civil hospital reviewed the case:
> “The bullet would have lost its speed, resulting in it landing in muscle and not damaging Kavita’s artery or nerve. Due to developing age, the wound healed. But the protective covering of the tissues, formed around the bullet as the defense mechanism of the body, got ruptured, resulting in an infection.”
- The projectile is believed to be from a self-loading rifle.
- No surgery was needed; the body’s slow push expelled the foreign object naturally.
Key Takeaways
- A stray bullet can hide inside the body for decades without major symptoms.
- Childhood injuries near firing ranges deserve medical imaging if healing stalls.
- Kavita is now infection-free and expects no long-term damage.
She told Times Now News:
> “I never imagined that what we thought was a small childhood injury was actually a bullet all along.”
