Chhattisgarh: CRPF personnel carry injured boy on their shoulder to hospital

CRPF jawans of a petrol team decided to help an injured boy by carrying him on a "charpai" to the hospital. They had to traverse through a five-kilometre road in a thick jungle and admitted him to Bijapur District Hospital.

Bijapur: In a heartwarming gesture, CRPF personnel saved the life of a boy by carrying him on a "charpai" from his village to the hospital. The boy was injured after he fell from a tractor.

Commandant of 2014 Cobra battalion of CRPF, Prem Kumar said, "At around 3 pm on Friday, a team was patrolling the Burgicheru area under Deputy- Commandant Kameshwar Sahu. When the patrol team was passing through a village, they heard some people crying in a home. They were informed that a young boy named Andu was crying in pain after falling from a tractor."

The jawans of the patrol team then decided to help the injured boy. As soon as the villagers agreed, the jawans: Anurag Dangi, Ayan, Vikas Tushavar, Rakesh Kumar, Durga Prasad and Anil Kumar carried the boy all the way to the hospital on a "charpai" even though they had to traverse through a five-kilometre road in a thick jungle.

The injured villager is undergoing treatment in Bijapur District Hospital and his condition is said to be stable.

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