Some stories don’t shock you because they’re rare. They shock you because they expose how badly a system can break a human being — and how badly a human being can break himself trying to beat it. Suraj Bhaskar wanted to become a doctor. Not metaphorically. Not desperately. Literally so badly that he cut off part of his own leg to qualify under the disability quota. What followed was not success, not sympathy, not redemption — but a brutal collision with reality.

🧠 The Dream That Wouldn’t Die

Suraj bhaskar wanted to study medicine. When the conventional path closed — exams, ranks, cut-offs — he didn’t reassess. He didn’t pivot. He didn’t wait. He looked for a shortcut. And when paperwork and bribes didn’t work, he chose something far worse: permanent self-destruction.

🦵 The Act That Crossed Every Line

He amputated part of his own leg. Deliberately. Not in a moment of insanity, but with planning. With tools. With anesthesia. This wasn’t an accident. This wasn’t an impulse. This was calculation masquerading as courage.

🚓 The lie That Fell Apart Instantly

To obtain a disability certificate, a police investigation report is mandatory. So Suraj told the police he had been attacked by unknown assailants who beat him and cut off his foot. The story didn’t survive first contact with scrutiny.

police checked his phone.
They found his girlfriend’s number.
They summoned her.

And the truth spilled out.

📱 The Girlfriend Who Ended the Fantasy

She told the police that Suraj had been trying for months to obtain a fake disability certificate by bribing officials, before the injury. The amputation wasn’t a fortune. It was an escalation.

Investigators later recovered anesthesia syringes and surgical instruments used in the act. The case was no longer tragic. It was criminal.

⚖️ The Irony That Sealed His Fate

Here’s the cruel twist:
Even though Suraj is now genuinely disabled, he still does not qualify for the PwD quota.

Why?

Because self-inflicted injuries are explicitly excluded under disability rules.

That’s precisely why he needed a police report claiming assault. Without it, he could have simply gone to a hospital, shown his injury, and walked out with a certificate. The law anticipated this exact kind of misuse — and closed the door.

🧩 The System He Tried to Cheat Was One Step Ahead

Disability certification isn’t just about a medical condition. It’s about cause. The injury must be accidental or inflicted by another person — not self-engineered for advantage.

The system didn’t fail here.
It did exactly what it was designed to do.

💥 Ambition Without Ethics Is Self-Cannibalism

This isn’t a story about quotas.
It’s a story about desperation replacing judgment.

Suraj didn’t lose his leg to injustice.
He lost it to obsession.

And the most devastating part? He sacrificed his body, his future, his credibility — and still didn’t get what he wanted.

🩸 Final Word

This wasn’t dedication.
This wasn’t a sacrifice.
This was a catastrophic misunderstanding of success.

No dream is worth mutilation.
No system is worth self-annihilation.
And no shortcut exists that doesn’t eventually demand a price — usually far higher than the original struggle.

Suraj bhaskar wanted to heal lives.
Instead, he destroyed his own.