A MAN did not realise he had been shot after a gun was fired because he thought his wound was caused by a cat scratch.

       Nemi Chand, 35, was asleep in a room in Rajasthan, northern India when he felt a slight pain - which he thought was the animal scratching at his side.

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       A surgeon attempts to remove the bullet Credit: Jam Press 3

       The bullet was then removed from the wound Credit: Jam Press

       The electrical lineman had initially ignored the injury and had no idea it was actually a bullet entering his body towards the bottom of his rib cage.

       He was sleeping in a room with three other collegues after checking some faulty lines together.

       None of them heard the gun go off.

       But seven hours later, a friend discovered an empty bullet shell leading Nemi to suspect that his wound was not a cat scratch before going to the hospital.

       An x-ray revealed the bullet lodged under Nemi’s skin had just avoided his vital organs.

       He was taken into surgery to have it removed under general anesthetic on Friday morning.

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       Footage taken inside the operating theatre shows a surgeon prising open Nemi’s skin to pop out the stubborn bullet.

       Orthopedics surgeons Dr Vardharam Dewasi and Dr Narseeram are then seen washing out the wound with sterilising fluid to prevent infection.

       Raniwara police are treating the case as attempted murder and further investigations are ongoing.

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       An X-ray detected the bullet which would have stayed there if the victim's pal had not noticed the shell casing Credit: Jam Press

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