KALYAN: A major tragedy was averted after a passenger was rescued when he almost fell in the gap between train and platform at Kalyan railway station while boarding a moving train (DN 13202).
Swift and prompt action by Railway Protection Force constable Sohanlal Itah saved his life.
The incident captured in CCTV camera of railway station shows that on Monday at 3.46pm, the passenger at platform number 4 while boarding train number 13202(Patna Janta Express train) fell and was almost sliding down to the tracks. Seeing this, the RPF constable Itah immediately rushed and saved him by pulling him back.
The RPF officials said that after the incident, the guard stopped train and the passenger was boarded by Itah. The officials were unable to take his details.
Shivaji M Sutar, the chief public relations officer (CPRO) of Central Railway, took to Twitter to share the CCTV footage of the incident appreciating the constable Sohanlal Itah and also appealled to passengers not to board or de-board a running train.
