J&K: 70-year-old woman falls on barbed wire in Rajouri, rescued

A 70-year-old woman was rescued by the police official after she fell down on barbed wire near a check post here.

The mishap occurred when the old lady identified as Kamla Devi was on her way back to her village. She sustained an injury on her knee.

"I fell down on the wire. The police man came and rescued me. He also called the doctor for the first aid. I am fine now," she said while speaking to .

" I have bandaged her wound on the knee. It was good that the police called me. I am thankful that police is helping the citizens apart from fighting coronavirus battle for us," the doctor who treated Devi said.

India has reported 1,336 more COVID-19 cases taking the count of coronavirus cases in the country to 18,601 in last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

Out of these, 14,759 patients are active cases and 3,252 cases have been cured or discharged and migrated. As many as 590 deaths have been reported till now.

As many as 47 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.

( With inputs from ANI )

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