New York: Osama bin Laden, the most wanted man on earth, managed to escape unharmed although a series of US strikes was conducted to eliminate him in April, it was reported on May 21.

Quoting a report published in an Arab website used by al-Qaida leaders and monitored by US intelligence agencies, the website "mirror.co.uk" said "six separate strikes failed to hit him in April".

"He hid himself in a deep shelter near Jalalabad in Afghanistan," it stated. The missile proof den lies between two mountain peaks.

The report added that while the US strikes were carried out, Osama was being treated for severe exhaustion in a mountain cave.

A doctor from Egypt was specially called to attend on him and he was treated for low blood pressure.

Later, Osama broadcast a message that he was safe.

ANI