Baramulla:In a humane gesture, station house officer (SHO) Dangiwacha Rafiabad rescued a pregnant lady despite heavy snowfall, from upper reaches of Kangroosa in Rafiabad area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.
Locals said due to heavy snowfall all roads leading to tehsil and district headquarters were cut off. A pregnant lady from Kangroosa was to be shifted to hospital immediately. However due to blocked roads and unavailability of ambulances in the area, SHO police station Dangiwacha Rafiabad, Mudassir Geelani rescued the pregnant lady from Kangroosa village.
Eyewitness said that the lady was taken to SDH Dangiwacha in police Rashak Vehicle from the area.
“It was impossible for any vehicle to ply due to 3 feet snow accumulation on the road. But SHO Mudassir without any delay, took our patient in a police vehicle upto SDH Dangiwacha. We are very thankful to SHO and police,” a relative accompanying the patient said.