Bengaluru man saved by RPF constable from coming under wheels of train

The Bengaluru based man was trying to board the slow moving train from Hospet but slipped and fell. But an alert Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable pulled him away and saved him from coming under the wheels of the train
 

First Published Jan 22, 2019, 12:05 PM IST | Last Updated Jan 22, 2019, 12:05 PM IST

Hospet: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable, who was on duty, rescued an elderly man from coming under the wheels of a train at the Hospet railway station in Karnataka. The 55-year-old man identified as Gourav had boarded the 56910 KSR train in Hospet and was to go to Bengaluru. But as he boarded the slow moving train, he slipped and fell in between the platform and the tracks. Immediately constable Harisha noticed it and pulled the man before he came under the wheels of the train. Ajay Kumar Singh, general manager, South Western Railway (SWR) will reward Harisha for his life-saving action.