Bravery Award To Jawaan Who Helped Shabana Azmi During Road Accident Last Week

Vivekananda Anil Yoge of Maharashtra Security Force, who helped actor Shabana Azmi when she met with a major road accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway has been presented with a bravery award by Life Saving Foundation. Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Shisve presented the award to the soldier.

On January 18, Azmi was severely injured in an accident near Khalapur toll plaza on the expressway.

Yoge was only a kilometre away when the accident took place and rushed to the spot to help the victims.

¡°The Maharashtra security force has 117 jawans posted on the expressway in three shifts to deal with emergency situations. Retired Inspector Chandrakant Jagalpure is leading the team. The foundation felicitated him as well for keeping the morale of his team high,¡± stated a press release issued by the Pune City Police.

Azmi suffered head injuries when her car met with an accident. Her husband Javed Akhtar was also there in the vehicle but escaped unhurt.

The 69-year-old actor and her driver Kamlesh Kamath were taken to the MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai and later shifted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in suburban Andheri the same day.

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Akhtar said Azmi is expected to be shifted to a normal room on Thursday. He expressed gratitude to his wife's well-wishers for praying for her good health.

"Our family would like to thank all the friends and well wishers for their concern and messages for Shabana. This is to let everyone know that she is recovering well and most probably will be shifted to a normal room tomorrow," the 75-year-old screenwriter said in a statement.