Hyderabad: Just as dying by suicide is a quick decision for many people, it is the quick reflex and reaction of the police that saves many people from ending their lives. And this is what the mobile patrol staff of the Kushaiguda police managed to do in the early hours of Tuesday morning when they rescued an elderly man who was allegedly trying to die by suicide in Kapra Lake.
The patrol mobile staff received a call from Dial 100 at 1am warning them about a 57-year-old elderly man leaving his home. Relatives told police that the man, after an altercation with his wife and children, left the house and said he was going to jump into Kapra Lake and die. Immediately, the mobile patrol staff, including assistant inspector M Shankaraiah, women constable K Nagamani and manager Srinivas immediately rushed to the scene. That they were already circling helped them reach the area within five minutes.
There, in the lights of the patrol car, they saw the man, a retired TSRTC driver in a drunken state, walking along the lake of the lake and about to jump into the water.
‘We patrolled in the vicinity and reached the place within five minutes. By this time he was walking along the edge of the lake and was about to jump, ”Shankariah said.
The three spoke to the elderly man from the water, after which they calmed him down and moved him to the police station, where he received advice when his family members reached the station. The man told police he was depressed about problems at home and with his family and that he wanted to end his life.
“We gave him advice and handed it over to his wife and daughters,” Nagamani said, adding that even after he went home, they still had contact with his family members about how he was doing.
“We also urged the Neredmet police to increase visible policing in the area to keep him at home,” she said, adding that thanks to the man’s family was the best reward thanking the Kushaiguda police for their prompt reaction.
The icing on the cake comes in the form of appreciation and an announcement of rewards by Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat.
Source: Telangana Today