Man saved by brave Chennai woman cop dies at hospital

CHENNAI: A day after being rescued by a woman cop, 25-year-old Udhaya Kumar died at government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital on Friday morning.
Udaya was rescued by inspector Rajeshwari of TP Chathiram on Thursday.

Rajeshwari, who was clearing an uprooted tree, received a call about a man lying unconscious at a cemetery. She rushed there believing the man would could be saved. A tree had fallen on him during the incessant rain that lashed Chennai.
The cop carried him on her shoulders to reach an autorickshaw which she had arranged for a hospital. In a 2-minute video that has now gone viral, Rajeshwari can be seen running frantically, carrying the man on her shoulders and shouting out to her colleagues there that he should be saved at any cost. She had covered him with blanket.

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday felicitated Rajeshwari for her brave act.