The Deputy Inspector General of Police of Eastern Range showed an example of humanity rescuing two accident victims who were lying on road uncared.
Amitendra Nath Sinha was on the way to his official vehicle when he saw two persons lying on the road after an accident took place on Monday morning.
Although the onlookers and passersby congregated near the accident spot near the Biju Patnaik Park on the OT road, yet none was coming forwarded to rescue them from the site and send them to a hospital. Sinha got off from his vehicle and immediately sent the injured in his service vehicle to the District Headquarters Hospital with his security personnel and ensured their admission. He asked for another vehicle from his office and went to his destination as the other vehicle got engaged in shifting of the accident victims. Bhaskarchandra Barik and Sarat Chandra Mahabhoi, residents of Udaynagar were going in a bike when the mishap occurred at around 8.30 am. They were shifted to a private hospital on Tuesday.
Sinha said he extended the help as conscious citizen of the country. Besides it was a call of humanity, he added. Now the law protects the rescuers of accident victims . They are no longer harassed at hospitals, police stations and courts after they help a road accident victim, he said.