RPF personnel rescue man who fell beside moving train at Secunderabad railway station

D. Naresh, an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Railway Protection Force (RPF).

A 53-year-old man was rescued by a Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel after he slipped into the gap between the platform and a moving train while trying to board the Godavari Express at Secunderabad Railway Station on Saturday, November 14. His children had already boarded the train when he missed their coach and attempted to get into the next one.

D. Chandraiah, from Kotapalli in Mancherial district, was travelling with his family to Mancherial. They had come to Secunderabad for the verification of certificates related to his son’s admission. As the Godavari Express began moving out of Platform No. 1 at around 5.20 p.m., Chandraiah tried to board the train but lost his balance and fell into the gap between the platform and the moving train.

D. Naresh, an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the RPF, was on duty from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. when he noticed the incident and immediately rushed to help. He pulled Chandraiah out of the gap and brought him safely onto the platform, averting a potentially fatal accident.

Screengrab from the video showing the ASI promptly rescuing the passenger.

The train, which halts at Secunderabad for two minutes, had already begun departing when the incident occurred. Chandraiah was subsequently sent to Mancherial on the next available train, the Charminar Express.

The rescue was carried out under Operation Jeevan Raksha. Senior Divisional Security Commissioner A. Naveen Kumar and Inspector B. Saraswath appreciated Naresh for his prompt action.