SHO Ramesh Kaushik rushed to the spot and recovered residents scrambling to safety.
On Sunday astir 2 pm, the Roop Nagar Police Station received a PCR telephone astir a occurrence successful a two-storey gathering successful Shakti Nagar. SHO Ramesh Kaushik rushed to the spot and recovered residents scrambling to safety.
“Two families surviving successful the gathering that caught occurrence managed to escape, but the fume had already begun to spill implicit into the neighbouring four-floor building,” helium said.
While astir residents successful the adjacent gathering had fled, 1 woman, a 76-year-old, was trapped connected the terrace. Her daughter-in-law, connected seeing SHO Kaushik, sought his help.
“She told america her mother-in-law is diabetic and incapable to locomotion without assistance,” the serviceman said.
With nary clip to lose, SHO Kaushik, on with Head Constable Rajneesh and Constable Jitender, entered the smoke-filled building. The building’s assistance was non-functioning owed to the heat. “We tied handkerchiefs implicit our faces and made our mode up the staircase,” Kaushik said. “It was transportation dark, but we knew we had to get to the 4th level arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.”
When they reached the terrace, the aged pistillate was successful distress.
Without hesitation, SHO Kaushik picked her up. “The fume was truthful thick, we couldn’t spot the stairs portion getting down… All I kept reasoning astir was getting her retired safely,” said the SHO.
“I thought I was going to die,” the aged pistillate aboriginal said. “These policemen saved my life. I americium truthful thankful to the Delhi Police for their bravery.”
SHO Kaushik, however, said it was a squad effort. “Saving a beingness is the astir important happening successful moments similar this.”