The railway staff at Central Railway office, cheered and clapped for pointsman Mayur Shelkhe, for saving life of a child who lost his balance while walking on platform 2 of Vangani railway station and fell on railway tracks, on 17th April.
Pointsman Mayur Shelkhe said, "The woman (with the child) was visually impaired.
She could do nothing.
I ran towards the child but also thought that I might be in danger too.
Still, I thought I should save him.
The woman was very emotional and thanked me a lot.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal also called me up and congratulated me." Shelkhe was also felicitated for his heroic deed by the Railways.