The Railway Ministry honored Shelke for saving the life of a young boy who had fallen on the train tracks by accident. The incident happened in 2021, but it has lately gone viral courtesy of former India cricketer VVS Laxman.
A security officer on patrol at a train station in Shanghai has been lauded a hero for rescuing a three-year-old girl after she fell onto a high-speed rail track on Oct 10. A news clip shared on Weibo by a local broadcast channel which received more than 310,000 views showed the toddler slipping and falling through the platform.
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Braveheart Railway Pointsman Mayur Shelke Felicitated by Citizens Through Crowd Funding
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“It was an instantaneous decision. My only thought was to save the child’s life and I am glad that I could do so,” said Mayur Shelke humbly, at an event felicitating him for his extraordinary act of risking his own live by sprinting in the face of a thundering Udayan Express to save a 6-year old child who had fallen across railway tracks.
“As an only child, I was worried my parents would be shocked or upset at what I had done, so I did not even tell them about it for two days. Then the video became viral and I began to get calls and my parents began to ask me what it was all about. They were initially shocked; especially my mother. But now both my parents are very proud of me and I am thankful for their support throughout,” he said, at the online felicitation event.