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An alert constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) acted in the nick of time to save the life of 22-year-old youth who fell while trying to board a moving train at Chennai Central station on Friday.</p>
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This is the RPF Constable of Chennai division, Shri Ram Kisan Meena, who displayed this brave act by saving a passenger who was trying to board a running train and had fallen down in the gap between platform and track at Dr.M.G.Ramachandran Central station. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bravery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bravery</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GMSRailway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GMSRailway</a> <a href="https://t.co/b0wr2RO3RX">pic.twitter.com/b0wr2RO3RX</a></p>
&mdash; DRM Chennai (@DrmChennai) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrmChennai/status/1535296131260854272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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CCTV footage shows the youth, who is carrying two heavy bags, trying to board the running train as he appears to have been late in reaching the platform.&nbsp; He manages to get hold of the train&rsquo;s door handle, but then loses his balance because of the heavy bags and falls between the train and platform.</p>
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RPF constable Ram Kishan Meena who was in the vicinity then sprints to rescue the youth and pulls him away from the running train.</p>
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The youth has been identified as Poovarasan from Vilankurichi in Coimbatore was trying to board the morning train to go home.</p>
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CCTV footage of the incident has been shared by the Chennai Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway.</p>
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