A 15-year-old girl from Mumbai, who lost her right hand in 2022 after touching a livewire, has regained the ability of the hand thanks to a transplant. The donor was nine-year-old Riya Bobby Mistry from Valsad, who was declared brain-dead, following a sudden brain haemorrhage, in September 2024. On Friday, recipient Anamta Ahmad travelled to Valsad to tie a rakhi to Riya’s brother, Shivam Mistry.  “I feel like I’ve got my sister back,” Shivam told mid-day. “I was worried about who would tie a rakhi to me. I missed my sister so much, but God sent her back to me.”

Riya Bobby Mistry, whose hand was donated to Anamta Ahmad

Anamta, a resident of Goregaon West and an HSC student at Mithibai College, lost her hand on October 30, 2022, while playing on a terrace in her native village in Uttar Pradesh. She accidentally touched a live electrical wire. Her transplant surgery was successfully performed at Gleneagles Hospital, Lower Parel, by Dr Nilesh Satbhai.