Cop rushes snakebite victim to hospital amid Covid-19 lockdown
Thane, April 28
A police constable deployed on Covid-19 lockdown duty saved the life of a seven-year-old snakebite victim at Badlapur in Thane, Maharashtra, , police said on Tuesday.
Shivam Jadhav was bitten by a snake at a cattle shed near his home in Mankavli on Monday. His father was trying to find means to get him to a hospital during the lockdown, an official said.
The boy’s father approached constable Girish Sahil, who was deployed in the area, he said, adding that the policeman immediately rushed the child to a hospital on his two-wheeler.
Senior Inspector Deepak Deshmukh of Badlapur (East) police station also helped the boy’s family with medical expenses, the official added.
According to doctors, the policeman’ timely action saved the boy’s life. PTI
