In a horrible incident, a woman had to undergo traumatic experience as she got stuck in a lift at a residential apartment of the city on Monday morning for almost half-an-hour, before she was rescued by a patrolling police team.
The incident occurred at around 6 am on Monday morning when the victim identified as Shaifali Chitnis, wife of Sachin Chitnis, a resident of Orchid Apartment on Racecourse Road came out of flat, went inside the lift to go downstairs for a morning walk. Soon after she walked inside the lift and was going downward, the lift got stuck on the way between two floors due to power breakdown.
As nothing was visible inside the lift due to darkness, she got panicky and felt anxiety. Though she repeatedly called her husband and knocked the door to get her out of the lift, nobody listened to her cries. As her anxiety was increasing, in a panicky situation, she remembered about her mobile phone which she had kept in her pocket. Finally she ranged police control room and informed about the matter to the police. Police control room immediately informed about the matter to Tukoganj police.
After receiving information a patrolling police team of Tukoganj police station comprising constables Sarvendra Yadav, Rampal and Yogendra immediately reached Orchid Apartment on Racecourse road and got the generator of the lift in the apartment started with the help of local people. Subsequently, the panicky woman was taken out of the lift after almost spending half-an-hour of grueling moments inside the lift.
The victim when contacted said that they are in a row with society of the apartment over maintenance issue. She said that currently the case was subjudice in the SDM court.