A Haryana policeman turned life saviour for a man who was drowning in a canal in Faridabad, Haryana.
The policeman, posted with the Gurugram Crime Branch, saved a man from drowning from Sunday. A senior police officer told that the Crime Branch team of sector 39 were on their way to conduct a raid in Faridabad.?
The team saw a man drowning in the Yamuna canal in Faridabad and people gathered there shouting for help.
ThatĄ¯s when Constable Lukman Khan, who was part of the Crime Branch team, took off his uniform and jumped into the canal and saved the man.
"Constable Khan will be soon awarded with a cash prize and an appreciation letter," the officer told IANS, quoting Gurugram's Commissioner of Police KK Rao.
The rescued man was identified as Mangal Singh, a resident of Sihi village in Faridabad.
Police were investigating how Mangal Singh fell into the canal.