Umesh Chauhan, a Mankhurd based vlogger who was shot on October 18 while filming outside Pushpa Park in Juhu, near actor Tiger Shroff’s residence , underwent surgery at KEM Hospital on Tuesday to remove a 1.5 cm bullet lodged in his body. Doctors waited two days before extracting it, monitoring him for internal bleeding and damage to vital organs.

The bullet had travelled through the chest region, injuring the area around the liver, before lodging inside his body. As Umesh remained stable and had no ongoing bleeding requiring emergency intervention, doctors proceeded with the removal after observation. The surgery lasted around two hours.

Dr Uday Jadhav, head of KEM Hospital’s cardiac surgery department, said the priority after a gunshot injury is to stabilise the patient and establish the extent of internal damage before deciding whether emergency surgery is necessary.

Doctors weigh these risks against the benefits of removal.…