'Hero' pointsman Mayur Shelkhe gets rousing welcome for saving child
'Hero' pointsman Mayur Shelkhe gets rousing welcome for saving child

The railway staff at Central Railway office, cheered and clapped for pointsman Mayur Shelkhe, for saving life of a child who lost his balance while walking on platform 2 of Vangani railway station and fell on railway tracks, on 17th April.

Pointsman Mayur Shelkhe said, "The woman (with the child) was visually impaired.

She could do nothing.

I ran towards the child but also thought that I might be in danger too.

Still, I thought I should save him.

The woman was very emotional and thanked me a lot.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal also called me up and congratulated me." Shelkhe was also felicitated for his heroic deed by the Railways.