PRAMESH S JAIN
Two Alert RPF personnel rescued a 39 year old passenger in the nick of time while his leg stuck between the moving train and the platform while he was trying to deboard the train Yelahanka station from a moving train on Saturday morning.
Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Protection Force,South Western Railway immediately rushed to the spot as soon as she received the information to take stock of the situation.
After inspecting the spot and collecting details, Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee told reporters,Our two brave RPF personnel identified who risked their life and saved a passenger life are,Madhav singh and his colleague Ashish Kumar who were on rounds on platform no.3.When they noticed a passenger struggling with crushed leg next to moving train at around 6.30 am.
They immediately rushed to rescue the passenger later identified as M.Gurjeeth Singh aged resident of Barnala dist,Pnajab- travelling in coach no.D1 had come to meet his friends.He forgot to get down after reaching Yelahanka but realized his stop wheh the train started to move.
While hurrying to get down,he lost control and fell down between the gap of the platform and train and his right foot got crushed.
They rushed to the spot and pulled out Gurjeeth to safety before rushing him to Yelahanka General hospital.
They provided first aid to stop the bleeding from the foot with available materials and picked him up and took him to General hospital,Yelahanka where he has been treated for stopping the severe blood loss and after that he was shifted to Victoria Hospital for further treatment .
The officials informed his family members and the friends whom he supposed to meet them for the bravery and life saving act by our unsung heroes with their pro-active alertness on duty today saved a passengers life they risked their life and did a exemplary job.
I appreciate the exemplary work done by two RPF personnel,Madhav Singh and Ashish Kumar for the commendable job done by them and a reward will be given to both for their excellent job done in saving life of passengers risking their own lives.
The incident was intimated to their family members who expressed their gratefulness for the timely action by RPF in saving the life.South Western Railway requests the passengers not to board or deboard a moving train,which may endanger the precious life,said by RPF,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee.
Meanwhile recently,At Vangani station of Central Railway, Pointsman,Mr.Mayur Shelkhe saved the life of a child just in the nick of the time. He risked his life to save the life of the child.We salute his exemplary courage and utmost devotion to the duty tweeted by,Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also lauded the man for his valor act.
“Very proud of Mayur Shelke,Railwayman from the Vangani Railway Station in Mumbai who has done an exceptionally courageous act, risked his own life and saved a child’s life,” Piyush Goyal wrote.
Meanwhile, the clip has gone viral on Twitter and has garnered over 1.47 lakh views and over 15k comments.
