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Here's how RPF personnel saved a man from attempting suicide; Watch viral video

A man stepped down from Mumbai's Virar railway station's platform and lied down on the railway track. However, RPF personnel averted the suicide attempt and dragged the man out of the railway track.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel are being praised on social media after avoiding a suicide attempt by a ‘depressed’ man who tried to kill himself at Mumbai's Virar railway station. On Wednesday, Feb 24, the incident took place when a man stepped down from the railway station's platform and slept down on the track. Fortunately, the RPF personnel who were present on the spot rushed towards him and dragged him away from a speeding train.

The video of the incident has gone viral, and netizens have appreciated the RPF personnel's timely action. Watch the video.