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Time of India

Swift RPF action saves life of boy who fell from train

1 2 Nagpur: After a 4-year-old boy fell off a running train from a sleeper class emergency window, the personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South East Central Railway (SECR) worked on war footing and succeeded in saving his life. Now admitted to a Raipur hospital, the boy has been declared out of danger. Sagnik Bera had slipped through the open emergency window of the Kurla-Shalimar Express train and landed on his head on the track in the Dongargaon-Jatkanhar Railway Division of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday evening. The RPF's Herculean effort paid off, especially their swift actions in the golden hour after the boy was picked up from along the track. Sagnik was travelling with his mother, Anandita, a native of East Midnapur (West Bengal), in Coach S-3 from LTT to Kharagpur. As Anandita was climbing to the upper berth, Sagnik fell through the open emergency window while playing on the seat. Her screams prompted passengers to pull the chain, halting the train. Escorting head constable TNS Chouhan and lady constable Jyoti Bala from RPF Nagpur Division acted swiftly. They, along with the mother, ran on the tracks for almost a kilometre to pick up Sagnik, who had fortunately landed at a safe distance from the track. Divisional security commissioner, SECR, Deep Chandra Arya said that a team was sent from Dongargaon to help the escorting RPF personnel, who had picked up the boy from the track. "The RPF staffers checked on Google for the nearest hospital and took the boy to a medical facility at Dongargaon," said Arya. "The boy was later rushed to a hospital in Rajnandgaon and from there to Raipur," said the RPF official. Arya instructed inspectors Taruna Sahu and Prashant Aldak, in-charges of RPF posts Rajnandgaon and Dongargarh, to coordinate real-time updates. SECR general manager Tarun Prakash, Bilaspur principal chief security commissioner Munawar Shaikh, and Nagpur divisional railway manager Deepak Kumar Gupta were kept informed, and they too directed all possible assistance to save the child's life. Due to Sagnik's critical condition, he was referred to Pendri Medical College, Rajnandgaon. Assistant sub-inspector Arjun Singh, along with sub-inspector DB Meshram and head constable SK Mishra ensured his smooth transfer to a hospital in Raipur for advanced treatment. The RPF team coordinated with hospital authorities & transport department, arranging an ambulance and accompanying the boy to Raipur, where a CT scan & other tests were conducted. The RPF also retrieved the family's belongings from the train & provided essential supplies, including medicines & water, to the distressed mother. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .