THANE: A Maharashtra Security Force constable saved a six-year-old boy from rolling into the platform-train gap after he lost his balance while alighting from a running train at Mumbra station on Sunday evening.
Railway police said Nilesh Baviskar was with RPF personnel at platform 2 when he spotted the boy escorted by his mother and an elderly relative stepping in around 7pm. The trio, from Amrut Nagar, Mumbra, were headed to Mumbai for personal work.
“I was watching the boy as he stepped into the train while his family was unaware and still on the platform. When the train started moving, the boy got startled and jumped off but it picked up speed and he lost his balance, fell on the platform and was about to roll into the gap. Luckily, I was nearby and immediately pulled him away,” Nilesh told TOI.
Mumbra RPF inspector Amit Yadav said the boy was saved due to the alertness of Baviskar, who joined the force in June. The boy’s colleagues and family praised his alertness.