An ordinary fish-seller in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has gained huge popularity among people for his unique ability to dunk his bare hands in scalding oil to retrieve fried fish.
Muhammad Gul may seem to be an ordinary fish-seller in Peshawar, running a fish-hut, but his claim to fame is his ability to dip his hands into oil to retrieve fried fish.
"It is my passion," 30-year-old Gul was quoted as saying by Dawn News.
A father of four, he established the fish-hut in the Ring Road area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, many years ago and has since then developed a reputation for plunging his hands into a boiling vat of oil to pick out the fried fish.
"I started this practice eight years ago," he said, adding that he never felt pain or suffered any burns while doing so.
"I put my hand into boiling oil once, and then it became a regular practice. The hot oil does not burn my skin," he said.
Notwithstanding a little discolouration, there are no blisters on Gul's hands, even though the oil in which he regularly dips them is heated to over 150 degrees Celsius.
He manages to sell about 30 to 35 kilogrammes of fried fish daily, the daily said.
Gul narrates that many people from different areas of the province visit his fish-hut just so that they can see witness his rare talent.
"Everyone who visits my hotel wants to see me dipping my hands into the boiling oil just to see how it is possible. My wife strongly opposes this act," he said.
A doctor has also advised him to stop the practice as drowning hands into boiling oil is harmful for veins.
"I can't stop it because most of my customers demand this of me," he explained. He pulls more crowds due to this extraordinary feat.
"It's unbelievable and unique," an eyewitness Mirza Khan was quoted as saying.
