In a shocking incident, an 8-year-old girl who got stuck?at a grill 25 feet above the ground at a metro station was rescued by a Central Industries Security Force (CISF) jawan.?The incident took place at Delhi Nirman Vihar Metro Station on Sunday evening when the girl, who lives nearby, climbed over the fence while playing ad found herself stuck.
After hearing her screams, some commuters alerted the CISF or Central Industrial Security Force. A personnel who happened to be at the spot at the time and was on patrol duty rushed to the spot and climbed up to the girl. Holding her, he made his way back to safety.
The girl was handed over to her family, officials said.A video of the incident, which shows the jawan rushing to rescue the girl, was widely shared on social media.
This comes only days after the personnel of CISF? averted a major accident from happening after a man fell down on the track of Delhi Metro station. The man was busy looking at his phone, and even before he could realise that he has reached the edge, he slipped and fell down on the track, on Saturday.
The CISF shared the clip of the video on Twitter wherein the passenger was identified as Shailender Mehata, a resident of Shadhara. The incident took place at the Shahdara Metro Station.¡°Alert CISF personnel promptly acted and helped him out,¡± the CISF tweeted.
In the video, the man can be seeing deeply focussed on his phone while walking on the platform of the Shahdara Metro Station. He carries a bag and keeps walking towards the edge of the platform, near the tracks. Not realising how far he has reached, he then slips and falls down on the track before immediately standing up.
A group of CISF personnel rushes to the spot, and one of them gets down on the track from the opposite platform and moves towards the man. The CISF personnel then helps the man climb up on the platform as he follows suit.
Last year in January, a CISF personnel saved a man's life by performing CPR on him after he collapsed while standing before the checking area of Delhi's Dabri Mor Metro Station on the Magenta Line.
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