An RPF personnel saved a man's life in the nick of time after he fell on a platform at Andheri railway station in Mumbai while trying to board a moving express train on Sunday, February 16. The incident occurred on platform number eight when Lok Shakti Express was leaving the station.
"A passenger tried to board the running train but lost his grip and fell on the platform. He got stuck in the gap between the train and the platform," he told the news agency PTI. Railway Protection Force (RPF) Assistant Sub-Inspector Pahup Singh, who was on duty, immediately rushing forward and pulling the passenger away to safety, preventing a potential tragedy.
CCTV Video
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A video of the incident went viral on social media. In a viral CCTV footage, it can be a man wearing a black t-shirt and track pants running and begging to catch the running train. While boarding, he slipped between train and platform at the station, seeing this a police personnel rushed to him and pull him up.
The rescued passenger has been identified as Rajendra Mangilal (40), a resident of Andheri's Seven Bungalow. Mangilal said he tried to board the moving Lokshakti Express because he arrived late. He had a train ticket for Ahmedabad.