KOTA: Chetram Choudhary, a jeep driver with the Rajasthan police at city’s Kunhari police station, took no time to think of risk to his life and jumped into
Chambal
River from around 10-feet
high bridge
as he noticed a man sinking into marsh around 60-70 feet away under a pillar on Wednesday morning.
Cutting all odds, he swam to the drowning man to rescue him in time with the help of another
constable Radheyshyam Sankhla
. Choudhary got injured in the 25-30 minutes operation but he was highly elated and satisfied with the job he did.
While they were on duty for maintaining compliance of Covid-19 guidelines in the marketplace at Kunhari Circle on Bundi Road, they received a call from control room at around 10.15am about a man having jumped into Chambal River from Kunhari bridge, head constable Sankhla said.
On the reaching the spot within minutes, Choudhary immediately jumped into the river from the bridge and swam around 60-70 feet to rescue the man.
‘I somehow managed to reach and catch hold of the man, sinking into the marsh by the time the rescue boat could reach there,” Choudhary, a resident of Bundi said.
‘I am highly elated and satisfied with my rescue work,’ he further said claiming he could swim into any kind of water and even jump into fire.
Choudhary managed to catch hold of the man sinking till the rescue boat reached there following which they brought him to the shore and rushed him to the MBS Hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
The rescued man has been identified as Mohit (37), a resident of Dadwada area of the city, who allegedly attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the bridge.
However, he was rescued by the constables and currently in hospital in unconscious state, SHO Kunhari police station Ganga Sahay Sharma said.
Sharma is likely to recommend both names for to senior officers for certificate. The initial investigation revealed the man on suicide bid was cash-strapped and hit by unemployment that led him to end his life, the SHO said.
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