Man Slips Into Gap Between Train And Platform While Deboarding, Alert RPF Personnel Save His Life
Railway Protection Force is a security force of the Indian Railways. Over the years they have played a pivotal role in protecting people from freak accidents or any other sort of distress. Two officials posted at a railway station in Maharashtra saved a father and son after they jumped off a moving train.
Railway Protection Force is a security force of the Indian Railways and their primary goal is to protect the passengers. Over the years, they have played a pivotal role in protecting people from freak accidents or any other sort of distress.
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More recently, two officials posted at a railway station in Maharashtra saved a father and son after they jumped off a moving train. The father slipped into the gap between the train and platform and if it wasn't for the RPF personnel, things would've turned out differently.
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A security camera at Mumbai¡¯s Kalyan railway station shows a man jumping off a moving train and losing his balance. The quick-thinking officer saw him fall and pulled him to safety.
#WATCH On duty Railway Protection Force personnel K Sahu and Maharashtra Security Force personnel Somnath Mahajan at Kalyan railway station saved the life of a 52-year old passenger, who slipped between the platform and track as he de-boarded from a moving a train yesterday. pic.twitter.com/rmd0OuMzEy
¡ª ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2020
The two police personnel seen in the footage ¡ª Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel K Sahu and Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) personnel Somnath Mahajan ¡ª are seen holding on to the 52-year-old man and his son. According to local reports, the man and his son realised they had boarded the wrong train and decided to jump off it.
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In the past, there have been several cases where people have escaped grievous injuries all thanks to RPF soldiers.
In February this year, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel's timely intervention saved the life of a 43-year-old man, who slipped and fell while trying to board a train, in West Bengal's Midnapore railway station.
Alertness of #RPF constable DK Yadav saves life of a passenger at Medinipur railway station. Great job Mr Yadav. #WestBengal @serailwaykol @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/uU69XuQJ92
¡ª Hemant Kumar Rout #StayHomeStaySafe (@TheHemantRout) February 22, 2020
CCTV footage of the platform showed the man getting dragged by the train and stairs of coaches hitting him on his head and legs.
He was about to be hit by the steel stairs of another coach when the alert RPF constable, Dharmendra Yadav, pulled him out by his legs.
RPF constable posted at Bhopal station turned a savior by providing milk to a 4 month old kid travelling to Gorakhpur. Inder sprinted on the platform holding his service rifle in one hand and the milk packet delivered to Saifia @rpfcr @RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyal @ndtvindia @ndtv pic.twitter.com/OKuKtPbWop
¡ª Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) June 3, 2020
Amid the pandemic, another RPF earned praise after he went beyond his call of duty to help a struggling migrant and her four-month-old baby aboard a Shramik train.
