Firemen assaulted after youth's suicide bid

AHMEDABAD: A team of Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) officials was assaulted below Sardar Patel bridge at Jamalpur when a local youth jumped off the bridge and local residents blamed the firemen of slow action that caused his death. AFES officials later lodged a complaint with Gaekwad Haveli police station.
According to AFES officials, they received a call at 11.40 pm on Monday that a youth had jumped off the bridge.A team of firemen from Jamalpur fire station was asked to reach the spot. However, as it was night, firemen took time to decide on the spot and start search operation.
"When they came out after half an hour saying that it is difficult to search the youth in the given circumstances, the crowd got enraged and blamed them that their negligence could cost the youth his life," said a police official.
AFES officials said that they resumed the search operation on Tuesday morning and found body of Irfan Shaikh, 21, a resident of Panch Pipli area, from Sabarmati river's downstream.