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BENGALURU: In a first for Karnataka , the hands of a 22-year-old brain dead man were retrieved to be transplanted to a man in Puducherry who lost both his hands in a factory crusher accident. Authorities at Jeevasarthakathe, a state government body that approves cadaver organ donation, said no one had registered from the state seeking hand transplantation. “There is a lack of awareness on hand transplantation in the state,” an official said. His liver was donated to a 67-year-old man from Bengaluru who was suffering from liver cancer. Riding pillion on a colleague’s two-wheeler, Virat sustained injuries to the brain and spinal cord..