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.
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Mumbai, April 26 : Last fortnight, a Central Railway Pointsman Mayur Shelke sprinted into national headlines after he out-raced an oncoming train, Udayan Express and saved the life of a 6-year old kid from certain death on the railway tracks at Vangani station in Thane district.
Earning laurels, Shelke was felicitated by the CR, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal gave a reward of Rs 50,000, industrialist Anand Mahindra praised him while Jawa Motorcycles s Director Anupam Thareja gifted him a brand new Jawa 42 Nebula Blue bike worth around Rs 1.65-lakh.
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After CCTV footage of Shelke’s daring rescue went viral, he has become a man in great demand. He has been getting hundreds of phone calls and invitations from people and organisations eager to felicitate him. Among those who have called to congratulate him are Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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It’s 2.30 pm on Thursday and Mayur Sakharam Shelke has only had a fruit for breakfast. The 30-year-old hasn’t had a chance to open the tiffin box that his mother has been packing for him. “People offer me snacks and food wherever I go but I just don’t have time as there are so many engagements in a day,” he tells Mumbai Mirror over the phone while confirming a late evening meeting at his house that day in Talawade, near Neral railway station.
(For those who came in late, Shelke risked his life to rescue six-year-old Sahil Shirsat who had fallen on the tracks at Vangani railway station; the Udayan Express was speeding towards Mumbai from