Published 20:55 IST, September 17th 2020
Good News: Home Guard jawan risks own life to save dog from overflowing stream
Home Guard jawan named Mujeed risked his own life to save a dog who was struck in thick bushes at the bank of an overflowing stream in Telangana.
In an inspiring incident that took place in Telangana on September 16, a Home Guard jawan named Mujeed risked his own life to save a dog who was stuck in thick bushes at the bank of an overflowing stream. In the video that was shared by the news agency ANI, the jawan can be seen rescuing the canine by entering the stream with the help of a crane. In the 2-minute-long video, the jawan rescues the dog after battling the hard flowing waters of the stream and then sits on the front end of the crane with the four-legged animal waiting to be lifted.
People, witnessing the rescue operation at the bank of the stream in Nagarkurnool, start clapping after the jawan successfully rescues the dog and brings it on the crane with him. The video, which has more than 95,000 views so far, has garnered over 8,700 likes and 1,200 retweets. Netizens have flooded the comment section of the post with heartfelt messages for the Home Guard jawan, who risked his own life for saving the dog.
'Heart-warming'
"Wow, Star-struck pure humanity.. a couple of days back I have seen a video someone throwing a dog in water from a bridge (Shame), and here this man saving a dog from the overflowing water.. what different faces of human and humanity. Hats off to this gentleman," one user commented. Another individual wrote, "WoW. Great work. There could be no better sense of fulfillment than saving the man's best friend."
Updated 20:55 IST, September 17th 2020